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Responsiveness construct for analyzing dialogic discussion posts

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The authors introduce responsiveness as a construct for analyzing discussion contributions, defining it as "the extent and ways one's response takes into account and builds on previous posts, both logically and emotionally". They position it against transactivity, which they describe as celebrating the cognitive-epistemic dimension; responsiveness was coined "to allow sensitivity to the social-emotional dimension as well". High responsiveness addresses the essence of the post both logically and emotionally; low responsiveness vaguely refers to the main point or addresses a social-emotional aspect without connection to the core content.

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  • Responsiveness: the extent and ways one's response takes into account and builds on previous posts, both logically and emotionally: The authors introduce responsiveness as a construct for analyzing discussion contributions, defining it as "the extent and ways one's response takes into account and builds on previous posts, both logically and emotionally". They position it against transactivity, which they describe as celebrating the cognitive-epistemic dimension; responsiveness was coined "to allow sensitivity to the social-emotional dimension as well". High responsiveness addresses the essence of the post both logically and emotionally; low responsiveness vaguely refers to the main point or addresses a social-emotional aspect without connection to the core content. (Yifat Ben-David Kolikant et al. (2025))

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  • Yifat Ben-David Kolikant, Omri Hadar, Asaf Salman. (2025). Talk to the machine: Unleashing the potential of AI to scale dialogic education and reduce polarization. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-025-09461-8
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title Responsiveness construct for analyzing dialogic discussion posts
description The authors introduce responsiveness as a construct for analyzing discussion contributions, defining it as "the extent and ways one's response takes into account and builds on previous posts, both logically and emotionally".
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