Social awareness had much greater effects on interaction and individual performance than knowledge awareness¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the study by Lin, Mai and La, social awareness had much greater effects than knowledge awareness, stimulating peer interaction, denser networks, more social connections and better individual performance. → Cress 2015

Evidence¶

Cress 2015¶

Cress, U., Stahl, G., Ludvigsen, S., & Law, N. (2015). The core features of CSCL: Social situation, collaborative knowledge processes and their design. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 10, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-015-9214-2

q2 · i? · review · r2

The editors' account of the second article's comparison of two awareness forms, which had "not been compared directly" before; no effect size or test statistic is printed in this editorial.

"The reported study finds that social awareness had much greater effects than knowl- edge awareness."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

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