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Title | ||
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Learning the physics of electricity: A qualitative analysis of collaborative processes involved in productive failure |
Abstract | ||
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Earlier quantitative studies in computer-supported collaborative learning identified ‘Productive Failure’ (Kapur, Cognition
and Instruction 26(3):379–424, 2008) as a phenomenon in which students experiencing relative failures in their initial problem-solving efforts subsequently performed
better than others who were in a condition not involving an initial failure. In this qualitative study, we examine the problem-solving
dynamics of two dyads: a Productive Failure (PF) dyad who initially received a low-structured activity and a Non-Productive
Failure (N-PF) dyad who initially received a high-structured activity. Both dyads then received an identical high-structured
problem-solving activity. This process was repeated using multiple sets of problems, and this paper will discuss two sets.
Interactions of the two dyads were logged. Data for this study included video conversations of the dyads, screen captures
of their use of a computer model, and their submitted answers. Results indicated that initial struggle and failed attempts
provided an opportunity to the PF dyad to expand their observation space and thus engage deeply with the computer model. Over-scripting
proved to be detrimental in creation of a mutual meaning-making space for the N-PF dyad. This paper suggests that the relative
success of the PF dyad might be viewed in terms of induction of reflective reasoning practices. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1007/s11412-010-9099-z | I. J. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
collaboration .electricity.physicseducation .problemsolving . productive failure .scientific inquiry,energy,discourse analysis,computer model,educational technology,physics,qualitative study,cooperative learning,qualitative analysis | Educational technology,Computer-Assisted Instruction,Collaborative learning,Communication,Psychology,Physics education,Dyad,Cognition,Cooperative learning,Qualitative research,Multimedia | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
6 | 1 | 1556-1615 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
8 | 0.77 | 2 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suneeta A. Pathak | 1 | 17 | 3.05 |
| Beaumie Kim | 2 | 31 | 6.76 |
| Michael J. Jacobson Jr. | 3 | 326 | 50.65 |
| Baohui Zhang | 4 | 326 | 27.15 |