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Alexandra Joosse; Adam Barger – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Research shows that a cohesive classroom community, or the relationships built between students within a classroom setting, leads to a long list of positive student outcomes in higher education. This research seeks to better understand how to build cohesion in a classroom community, a goal that has become even more urgent given the student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Sense of Community, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
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Turkkila, Miikka; Lommi, Henri – Education Sciences, 2020
This paper presents two novel network methods developed for education research. These methods were used to investigate online discussions and the structure of students' background knowledge in a blended university course for pre-service teachers (n = 11). Consequently, these measures were used for correlation analysis. The social network analysis…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Online Courses, Group Discussion, Knowledge Level
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McAlpin, Jacob D.; Kulatunga, Ushiri; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Motivation helps drive students to success in general chemistry, and active learning environments with social interactions has consistently shown to improve motivation. However, analyzing student outcomes in an interactive environment is best done by considering students not as isolated units but as working together and influencing each other.…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Science Instruction, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes
Nyairo, Franklin – Online Submission, 2013
Communication, the flow of ideas and information between individuals in a social context, is the heart of educational experience. Constructivism and constructivist theories form the foundation for the collaborative learning processes of creating and sharing meaning in online educational contexts. The Learning and Collaboration in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Social Networks, Network Analysis
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Lee, Cheng-Yuan; Cherner, Todd Sloan – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2015
There is a pressing need for an evaluation rubric that examines all aspects of educational apps designed for instructional purposes. In past decades, many rubrics have been developed for evaluating educational computer-based programs; however, rubrics designed for evaluating the instructional implications of educational apps are scarce. When an…
Descriptors: Instructional Material Evaluation, Educational Technology, Scoring Rubrics, Evaluation Methods
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Zheng, Lanqin; Yang, Kaicheng; Huang, Ronghuai – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study proposes a new method named the IIS-map-based method for analyzing interactions in face-to-face collaborative learning settings. This analysis method is conducted in three steps: firstly, drawing an initial IIS-map according to collaborative tasks; secondly, coding and segmenting information flows into information items of IIS; thirdly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Research Methodology