Teacher guidance plays a significant mediating role in collaborative-learning classroom outcomes¶

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q2 i? In his editorial, Stahl draws a common theme of teacher guidance from three papers in the issue: Greiffenhagen's single ethnomethodological case study of a teacher's classroom rounds (offered as insight, not as an effect on outcomes), Song and Looi's comparative study of two teachers, in whose summary he states that how teachers enact lessons "has a significant impact on the outcomes of student collaborative learning", and Onrubia and Engel's exploratory case study relating teacher assistance to group work and group performance. → Gerry Stahl 2012

Evidence¶

Gerry Stahl 2012¶

Gerry Stahl. (2012). Ethnomethodologically informed. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 7:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-012-9142-3

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In his editorial summary, Stahl summarises Song and Looi's fine-grained comparative study of two teachers teaching the same inquiry-based CSCL lesson in Singapore with Group Scribbles, an analysis "oriented to discover the connections among teacher beliefs, teacher practices and student learning"; the editorial states the conclusion quoted below but does not report the study's comparative findings.

"How teachers enact the lessons and orchestrate classroom interactions has a significant impact on the outcomes of student collaborative learning."

Discussion¶

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