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Giacumo, Lisa A.; Savenye, Wilhelmina; Smith, Nichole – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Over the past 20 years, researchers have begun to examine data from asynchronous computer-mediated student discussions in courses. Some results have shown students to demonstrate lower or mid-level thinking skills, while others suggest students routinely demonstrate higher-order thinking skills. The authors investigated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement
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Pulford, Briony D. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The influence of asynchronous discussion in a virtual learning environment, Blackboard, on subsequent coursework grades was examined with 166 psychology students to determine whether asking questions of the tutor online, and/or reading the questions and the given advice, influenced the grades on the report they were writing. A repeated-measures…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Assignments, Psychology, Computer Mediated Communication