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Nussbaum, E. Michael; Hartley, Kendall; Sinatra, Gale M.; Reynolds, Ralph E.; Bendixen, Lisa D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
The potential of on-line discussions to prompt greater reflection of course material is often stymied by a tendency of students to agree with one another rather than to formulate counter-arguments. This article describes an experiment using note starters and elaborated cases to encourage counter-argumentation and examines interactions with…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Educational Psychology, Assertiveness
Reonieri, Dean C., Sr. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this research was to determine if there is an opportunity for colleges and universities to improve the quality of knowledge constructed in online (asynchronous) discussion boards by optimizing the number of students in the discussion. 93 online graduate students and 36 online faculty were surveyed to gain the perspective from both…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Learning Experience, Graduate Students