Effects of group awareness support in CSCL on students’ learning performance: A three-level meta-analysis

Chen, Dengkang; Zhang, Yi; Luo, Heng; Zhu, Zhifang; Ma, Jingsi; Lin, Yuru

doi:10.1007/s11412-024-09418-3

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“…As our results have shown, collaboration knowledge and thus awareness of the knowledge distribution among collaboration partners is highly relevant. While a recent metaanalyses showed a moderate effect of group awareness of students' performance in computer-supported collaborative learning (D. Chen et al, 2024), it has so far not been systematically investigated in collaborative problem-solving. Thus, more research on the influence collaboration knowledge in collaborative problem-solving is needed.…”

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Collaborative Problem-Solving in Knowledge-Rich Domains: A Multi-Study Structural Equation Model

Brandl,

Stadler,

Richters

et al. 2024

Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn

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Collaborative skills are crucial in knowledge-rich domains, such as medical diagnosing. The Collaborative Diagnostic Reasoning (CDR) model emphasizes the importance of high-quality collaborative diagnostic activities (CDAs; e.g., evidence elicitation and sharing), influenced by content and collaboration knowledge as well as more general social skills, to achieve accurate, justified, and efficient diagnostic outcomes (Radkowitsch et al., 2022). However, it has not yet been empirically tested, and the relationships between individual characteristics, CDAs, and diagnostic outcomes remain largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to test the CDR model by analyzing data from three studies in a simulation-based environment and to better understand the construct and the processes involved (N = 504 intermediate medical students) using a structural equation model including indirect effects. We found various stable relationships between individual characteristics and CDAs, and between CDAs and diagnostic outcome, highlighting the multidimensional nature of CDR. While both content and collaboration knowledge were important for CDAs, none of the individual characteristics directly related to diagnostic outcome. The study suggests that CDAs are important factors in achieving successful diagnoses in collaborative contexts, particularly in simulation-based settings. CDAs are influenced by content and collaboration knowledge, highlighting the importance of understanding collaboration partners’ knowledge. We propose revising the CDR model by assigning higher priority to collaboration knowledge compared with social skills, and dividing the CDAs into information elicitation and sharing, with sharing being more transactive. Training should focus on the development of CDAs to improve CDR skills.

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Section: Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%