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Crible, Ludivine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Ambiguity in discourse is pervasive, yet mechanisms of production and processing suggest that it tends to be compensated in context. The present study sets out to analyze the combination of discourse markers (such as "but" or "moreover") with other discourse signals (such as semantic relations or punctuation marks) across three…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Styles, Ambiguity (Semantics), Language Processing
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Dowell, Nia M. M.; McKay, Timothy A.; Perrett, George – AERA Open, 2021
Over the last decade, psychological interventions, such as the values affirmation intervention, have been shown to alleviate the male-female performance difference when delivered in the classroom, however, attempts to scale the intervention are less successful. This study provides unique evidence on this issue by reporting the observed differences…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Comparative Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Discourse Analysis
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Dascalu, Mihai; Trausan-Matu, Stefan; McNamara, Danielle S.; Dessus, Philippe – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2015
As Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) gains a broader usage, the need for automated tools capable of supporting tutors in the time-consuming process of analyzing conversations becomes more pressing. Moreover, collaboration, which presumes the intertwining of ideas or points of view among participants, is a central element of dialogue…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
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Blanchette, Judith – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2012
The purpose of this empirical study was to determine the extent to which three different objective analytical methods--sequence analysis, surface cohesion analysis, and lexical cohesion analysis--can most accurately identify specific characteristics of online interaction. Statistically significant differences were found in all points of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction Process Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Role
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Groen, Martin; Noyes, Jan – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Communicating via text-only computer-mediated communication (CMC) channels is associated with a number of issues that would impair users in achieving dialogue coherence and goals. It has been suggested that humans have devised novel adaptive strategies to deal with those issues. However, it could be that humans rely on "classic"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Goal Orientation, Semantics
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Luzon, Maria Jose – Applied Linguistics, 2011
The purpose of this article is to analyse interaction in academic weblogs, focusing on discursive features that provide cues as to the participants' interpersonal behaviour. The data for this study consisted of postings and their corresponding comments taken from 11 academic weblogs. The analysis of the corpus allowed us to work out a framework of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Interaction, Academic Discourse, Discourse Analysis
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Berg, Christopher – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2010
Networked electronic text--fragmentary, mutable, connected, and instantly accessible from any computer or handheld device--challenges traditional notions of textual coherence and composition, offering affordances far beyond those possible in traditional, print-based texts, including those made available electronically. Such texts become tools,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Handheld Devices, Computer Mediated Communication, Networks
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Prestridge, Sarah – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This paper explores the role of engaging teachers in constructive dialogue within ICT professional development activity. As part of an ICT professional development program, sixteen teachers across eight geographically removed schools participated in an online threaded discussion forum for a school year. Data reported in this paper are generated…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Professional Development, Discourse Analysis, Connected Discourse
Xin, Cindy; Feenberg, Andrew – Journal of Distance Education, 2006
This article elaborates a model for understanding pedagogy in online educational forums. The model identifies four key components. Intellectual engagement describes the foreground cognitive processes of collaborative learning. Communication processes operating in the background accumulate an ever richer store of shared understandings that enable…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cognitive Processes, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
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Sing, Chai Ching; Khine, Myint Swe – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
This paper presents findings from the pattern of participation and discourse analysis of the online interaction among in-service teachers in the teacher training institute in Singapore. It was found that the teachers formed a knowledge-building community and jointly discussed issues related to integrating information technology into the classroom.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Luebeck, Jennifer L.; Bice, Lawrence R. – Journal of Distance Education, 2005
This study examines the extent to which conceptual change is stimulated and achieved through online discussion in the context of an online graduate course. Transcripts of discussions among 15 graduate students studying assessment issues in mathematics and science education were analyzed using an interaction analysis model developed to assess…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Content Analysis, Science Teachers