RIDE rules: four principles for effective collaborative communication

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The RIDE framework groups literature-derived characteristics of effective collaboration under four principles: Respect, Intelligent collaboration, Deciding together, and Encouraging. The article states that "The rules we extracted were grouped under four principles" and each rule carries sub-rules, such as 'everyone will have a chance to talk' for Respect and 'ask until you understand' for Encouraging. Each rule is mapped onto expected communicative activities, e.g. Intelligent collaboration onto informative responses, asking for understanding, and argumentative activities.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Instruction must be given before interaction and reminded during it, e.g. via prompts when assignments are opened

Constraints

• The Respect rule is represented by components not expressed in frequency of activities, so it was not analyzed via activity frequencies

Target Learners

• secondary school students aged 15–17 in pre-university physics education

Learning Goals

• effective collaborative communication during discovery learning in physics

Claims

• Ride Instruction Increases Deciding Together Encouraging Activities [+M]
• Ride Communication Correlates With Discovery Activities [+M]

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Key Sources

• Saab, N., van Joolingen, W. R. & van Hout-Wolters, B. H. A. M. (2007). Supporting Communication in a Collaborative Discovery Learning Environment: the Effect of Instruction. Instructional Science 35:73–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-006-9003-4

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title	RIDE rules: four principles for effective collaborative communication
description	The RIDE framework groups literature-derived characteristics of effective collaboration under four principles: Respect, Intelligent collaboration, Deciding together, and Encouraging.
status	review
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