Tentative evidence that groups receiving the collaboration support more often achieved near-equal participation, since most groups failing the gini criterion were controls¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1–r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Descriptively, the share of groups with gini ≥ 0.5 dropped from 75% after topic #3 to 38.5% after topic #4, and more than half of the groups that failed the criterion belonged to the control condition. → Strauß 2021 q2 i? The authors read this distribution as tentative evidence in line with their hypothesis that supported groups regulate participation more successfully. → Strauß 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Strauß 2021¶

Strauß, S., & Rummel, N. (2021). Promoting regulation of equal participation in online collaboration by combining a group awareness tool and adaptive prompts. But does it even matter? International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (2021) 16:67–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-021-09340-y

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Descriptive analysis of group-level gini coefficients at the end of the two two-week collaborative tasks in the university online course, reporting printed group counts and percentages: "12 out of all 16 groups (75%)" and later "38,5% (5 out of 13 groups)".

"At the end of topic #3, 12 out of all 16 groups (75%) achieved a gini coefficient of 0.5 or greater, at the end of topic #4, the percentage dropped to 38,5% (5 out of 13 groups)."

Strauß 2021 (2)¶

Strauß, S., & Rummel, N. (2021). Promoting regulation of equal participation in online collaboration by combining a group awareness tool and adaptive prompts. But does it even matter? International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (2021) 16:67–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-021-09340-y

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Condition comparison of groups with gini ≥ 0.5 across the field experiment; the authors state the analysis "revealed that out of all groups that struggled to meet the criterion, more than half belonged to the control condition." No effect size or test statistic is printed.

"Comparing the experimental conditions (see Table 4) revealed that out of all groups that struggled to meet the criterion, more than half belonged to the control condition."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• More unequal distribution of participation in online collaboration groups is associated with lower satisfaction with the collaboration — related
• Neither a group awareness tool alone nor combined with adaptive prompts significantly changed the equality of participation in university online collaboration — reports the opposite
• Participation within teams was fairly equal in all conditions, with Gini coefficients close to zero and no significant between-condition differences — reports the opposite