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Commentary on "Theory-Led Design of Instruments and Representations in Learning Analytics: Developing a Novel Tool for Orchestration of Online Collaborative Learning"
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Teplovs, Chris – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
This commentary reflects on the contributions to learning analytics and theory by a paper that describes how multiple theoretical frameworks were woven together to inform the creation of a new, automated discourse analysis tool. The commentary highlights the contributions of the original paper, provides some alternative approaches, and touches on…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Design
Acknowledgment Tokens and Speakership Incipiency Revisited.
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Zimmerman, Don H. – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
Drummond and Hopper's article in this issue, "Back Channels Revisited," is argued to have decontextualized Jefferson's acknowledgement token phenomenon. The need for careful coding protocols for research on conversational practices is discussed. (eight references) (LB)
Descriptors: Coding, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis
On the Compound Questions Raised by Attempts to Quantify Conversation Analysis' Phenomena, Part 2: The Issue of Incommensurability.
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Wieder, D. Lawrence – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
It is suggested that the conventional coding procedures of experimental social psychology miss critical (identifying, defining, or constitutive) features of conversation analysis' phenomena because the procedures present the analyst with two different sets of entities; i.e., they are incommensurable. (20 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Coding, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Research