A shared epistemic object let a team with substantial off-task time (UrPo) still complete a successful co-invention¶

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q2 i? UrPo had nearly as high a proportion of off-task activity as the unsuccessful Plant team yet completed a successful project because the shared epistemic object enabled quick regrouping. → Riikonen 2020

Evidence¶

Riikonen 2020¶

Riikonen, S., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., & Hakkarainen, K. (2020). Bringing maker practices to school: tracing discursive and materially mediated aspects of student teams' collaborative making processes. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-020-09330-6

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Quantitative comparison from the coded-video proportions (Table 3 shows UrPo off-task at 29.1% versus Plant 35.7%), interpreted against the rug visualizations; no effect size is printed.

"although the UrPo team had nearly as high a proportion of off-task activities, they still managed to carry out a successful project; pursuit of shared epistemic object enabled to group to quickly regroup to do their work after periods of some team members'off task activity."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Student teams differed markedly in their application of computer engineering and product design practices and in their share of off-task activity — related
• The editorial reports that successful collaborative making teams resolved coordination challenges through intertwined social-discursive and materially mediated processes — a broader claim this one bears on
• Anchoring collaboration in a shared epistemic object distinguished the successful co-invention teams from the unsuccessful one — a broader claim this one bears on
• Off-task activity appeared more common in the larger six-to-seven-member teams than in the compact teams, though not in every larger team — related
• Teacher-introduced redirection that simplified a team's epistemic object was associated with a decline in that team's knowledge-creation activity — related