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Gunawardena et al.'s Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) for collaborative knowledge construction

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The IAM describes CKC as evolving "from lower mental functions, i.e., 'pooling of knowledge,' to higher mental functions through five distinct CKC phases": (1) sharing and comparing information, (2) discovering and exploring dissonance or disagreement, (3) negotiating shared meaning or co-constructing knowledge, (4) testing the proposed synthesis, and (5) reaching agreement expressed through metacognitive statements indicating cognitive change. The study adopts it because it is grounded in social constructivism, has been empirically validated for video-recorded interactions, and captures CKC through interactions with both peers and artifacts. The authors adapted category descriptions to secondary school interactions and excluded the 'agree' phase due to low frequency.

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  • Gunawardena et al.'s Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) conceptualizing CKC as five phases from pooling of knowledge to agreement: The IAM describes CKC as evolving "from lower mental functions, i.e., 'pooling of knowledge,' to higher mental functions through five distinct CKC phases": (1) sharing and comparing information, (2) discovering and exploring dissonance or disagreement, (3) negotiating shared meaning or co-constructing knowledge, (4) testing the proposed synthesis, and (5) reaching agreement expressed through metacognitive statements indicating cognitive change. The study adopts it because it is grounded in social constructivism, has been empirically validated for video-recorded interactions, and captures CKC through interactions with both peers and artifacts. The authors adapted category descriptions to secondary school interactions and excluded the 'agree' phase due to low frequency. (Zabolotna et al. (2025))

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  • Zabolotna, K., Nøhr, L., Iwata, M., Spikol, D., Malmberg, J., & Järvenoja, H. (2025). How does collaborative task design shape collaborative knowledge construction and group-level regulation of learning? A study of secondary school students' interactions in two varied tasks. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-024-09442-3
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title Gunawardena et al.'s Interaction Analysis Model (IAM) for collaborative knowledge construction
description The IAM describes CKC as evolving "from lower mental functions, i.e., 'pooling of knowledge,' to higher mental functions through five distinct CKC phases": (1) sharing and comparing information, (2) discovering and exploring dissonance or disagreement, (3) negotiating shared meaning or co-constructi
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