ERIC Number: EJ1487325
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1556-1607
EISSN: EISSN-1556-1615
Available Date: 2025-01-23
How Does Collaborative Task Design Shape Collaborative Knowledge Construction and Group-Level Regulation of Learning? A Study of Secondary School Students' Interactions in Two Varied Tasks
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, v20 n2 p171-199 2025
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) offers a modern setting for learners to engage in meaningful (meta)cognitive and socioemotional interactions. However, the task design, not technology alone, significantly shapes students' learning interactions. This study investigates how a conceptual physics task and a hands-on robotics task promote collaborative knowledge construction (CKC) and group-level cognitive, as well as emotion-motivation, regulation among secondary school students. Utilizing video recordings of students' collaborative interactions and process-oriented methods, we examined the occurrence and temporal interplay of these processes from the two tasks. Transmodal network analysis complemented by qualitative case examples revealed significant differences in the nature of CKC and regulation of learning during the tasks. Cognitive processes and strong interconnections between cognitive regulation and negotiation were more typical for the conceptual physics task. The hands-on robotics task featured more frequent, but shorter, sequences of initial CKC phases and emphasized socioemotional interactions for sustained positive collaboration. This study highlights task design's importance in collaborative learning processes and provides insights for optimizing CSCL environments for effective collaboration.
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Task Analysis, Learning Processes, Secondary School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Metacognition, Physics, Robotics, Hands on Science
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Oulu, Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Oulu, Finland; 2University of Copenhagen, Center for Digital Education, Department of Science Education, Copenhagen, Denmark

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