Paper Info
Title
Statistical Discourse Analysis of a Role-Based Online Discussion Forum: Patterns of Knowledge Construction
Abstract
Assigning roles to individual students can influence the group's knowledge construction (KC) process during online discussions. Twenty-one students were divided into two groups and assigned rotating roles for eight one-week asynchronous online discussions. The KC contributions of all 252 posts in the discussion were coded using a five phase scheme and statistical discourse analysis was applied to identify segments of discussion characterized by particular aspects of KC plus "pivotal posts"--those posts which initiated new segments of discussion. Finally, the influences of assigned student roles on pivotal posts and KC were modeled. The results indicate that most online discussions had a single pivotal post separating the discussion into two distinct segments: the first dominated by a lower KC phase, the second dominated by a higher KC phase. The pivotal posts that initiated later segments were often contributed mid-discussion by students playing one of two summarizing roles (Synthesizer and Wrapper).
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/HICSS.2012.546
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
knowledge construction,lower kc phase,assigning role,kc plus,phase scheme,kc contribution,pivotal post,statistical discourse analysis,assigned student role,single pivotal post,higher kc phase,role-based online discussion forum,online discussion,testing,data model,quantitative analysis,computer mediated communication,discourse analysis,scripting,data models,content analysis,multilevel model,multilevel modeling,knowledge management,statistical analysis
Asynchronous communication,World Wide Web,Computer aided instruction,Content analysis,Computer science,Knowledge management,Role taking,Discourse analysis,Mathematics education,Computer-mediated communication,Online discussion,Statistical analysis
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alyssa Wise121319.86
Ming Ming Chiu29511.45