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Owner: Liru Hu
Owner Email: liruhu@connect.hku.hk
Paper Title: Turn-Taking Patterns in Dialogic Collaborative Problem Solving
Session Title: Collaborative Learning Experiences
Paper Type: Roundtable Presentation
Presentation Date: 4/20/2020
Presentation Location: Online
Descriptors: Collaboration, Discourse Processes, Social Context
Methodology: Quantitative
Author(s): Liru Hu, The University of Hong Kong; Gaowei Chen, The University of Hong Kong
Unit: Division C - Learning and Instruction
Abstract: Dialogic collaborative problem solving describes how students collaboratively solve a problem with their peers mainly through talk. This study mainly adopted the participation shift analysis framework and the hierarchical clustering technique to identify turn-taking patterns in a dialogic collaborative problem-solving context. There were 160 participants assigned in 40 groups. Turn-receiving was the dominant turn-taking pattern and there was no significant correlation between turn-taking patterns and group outcome or self-reported individual performance. This study also identified three major clusters of individuals who revealed distinctive turn-taking preferences: turn-receivers, turn-usurpers, and turn-balancers. Turn-receivers made most contributions to group discussion while turn-usurpers showed the highest confidence but performed worst. Relevant interpretations and implications were also discussed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1586794