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Philip, Donald N. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2010
This paper describes use of social network analysis to examine student interaction patterns in a Grade 5/6 Knowledge Building class. The analysis included face-to-face interactions and interactions in the Knowledge Forum[R] Knowledge Building environment. It is argued that sociogram data are useful to reveal group processes; in sociological terms,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Network Analysis, Group Dynamics, Grade 5
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Fitze, Michael; McGarrell, Hedy M. – TESL-EJ, 2008
This repeated-measures, counter-balanced study reports on a comparison of quantity and quality of one teacher's language in face-to-face (FTF) and written electronic (WE) discussions with advanced English as a Subsequent Language (ESL) students. Transcripts from the two types of discussions were compared for complexity of teacher input and the…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication
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Cookson, Peter S.; Chang, Yu-bi – American Journal of Distance Education, 1995
Describes the development of the Multidimensional Audioconferencing Classification System (MACS), an instrument for the tabulation, analysis, and interpretation of audioconferencing instructional interactions. MACS draws on three theoretical and empirical streams: (1) systematic small group interaction analysis; (2) systematic classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Educational Research