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Title: Theorizing and Operationalizing Social Engagement as a Precursor to Productive Disciplinary Engagement in Collaborative Groups
An important goal of CSCL is to support social engagement within small groups. Our aim is to theorize and operationalize social engagement (SE), as a group-level construct and one dimension of group productive disciplinary engagement. We conducted joint analysis of videotaped interactions, garnered from multiple projects with common disciplinary practices but task and domain variation, to operationalize SE in 3-point quality ratings. Our ratings afford examining SE as dynamic and interrelated with other engagement dimensions.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1661266
PAR ID:
10166594
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference
Volume:
2
Page Range / eLocation ID:
867-868
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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