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Coconstruction of knowledge in the online/onsite activity of elementary and secondary classrooms: A comparative study

Brief Paper ID: 21620
  1. Jacques Bordage
    Laval University
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    Therese Laferriere
    Laval University
  3. Fernand Gervais
    Laval University
  4. Frédéric Legault
    University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)
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    Martine Peters
    University of Quebec in Outaouais

Abstract: This research paper examines the coconstruction of knowledge in three different school contexts. Two of these contexts used collaborative technologies (verbal/written) to foster coconstruction of knowledge within and between classrooms. Over twenty elementary and secondary classrooms participated in the study. A basic distinction was made between the exchange of information and the coconstruction of opinions among peer students. Systematic interaction analyses were conducted. An array of descriptive statistics was produced, including a number of significant differences. The verbal face-to-face context, in which no collaborative technologies were used, revealed to be the one where less coconstruction was observed. Although there was coconstruction, results show that it was often limited to the expression of opinions without disagreement or negotiation of consensus. The justifications that a disagreement should have brought did not appear in a noticeable manner in any of all three contexts.

Presider: Zhengbin Lu, Spelman College

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