The yellow behavioral cluster corresponds to a joking frame in which ambiguous tone protects students who venture risky ideas¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? In the electrostatics episode, a shift to the yellow cluster (giggling, hedging tones, fidgeting, unsettled gaze) accompanied students' first explanatory reasoning, and the authors interpret the joking frame's ambiguity as protective for a speaker venturing an idea the group might judge unfavorably. → Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer 2007

Evidence¶

Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer 2007¶

Rachel E. Scherr and David Hammer. (2007). Student Behavior and Epistemological Framing: Examples from Collaborative Active-Learning Activities in Physics. Submitted to Cognition and Instruction. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Student+Behavior+and+Epistemological+Framing

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Qualitative episode analysis of group B on the electrostatics tutorial, where explanation-like ideas first appeared alongside joking behavior. The authors interpret that "such ambiguity can be protective for a speaker who ventures an idea the group might judge unfavorably."

"Such ambiguity can be protective for a speaker who ventures an idea the group might judge unfavorably; Chris may pose the idea as a joke in order to incur less risk in sharing it."

Discussion¶

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