Collaborative scaffolding in synchronous environment : congruity and antagonism of tutor/student facilitation acts

Kai Pata, Tago Sarapuu, Ray Archee, T. Koschmann, Dan Suthers, Tak-Wai Chan

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[This paper focuses on the theoretical framework for investigating facilitation acts of the tutor and the students in problem-solving groups as reciprocally congruent. We propose to broaden the scaffolding debate in collaborative teams towards the areas of students’ shared metacognitive and cognitive grounding acts. Similar tutor-supported and untutored science-related dilemma-solving activities in network-based synchronous mode were categorically analyzed and compared with respect to their scaffolding acts. We asked the question, whether there emerges the collaborative scaffolding situation in teams and how does tutor influence the peer scaffolding. Results indicated the presence of several scaffolding actors in collaborative teams. The nature of activity (tutored or untutored) had an influence on the practice of specific supportive acts by the tutor and the students. The various interrelations between student and tutor scaffolding acts must be considered when preparing the tutor support during problem solving.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference: The Next 10 years!: CSCL 2005, May 30-June 4, 2005
    PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Print)0805857826
    Publication statusPublished - 2005
    EventInternational Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference -
    Duration: 4 Jul 2011 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Conference
    Period4/07/11 → …

    Keywords

    • tutors and tutoring
    • teams
    • online chat groups
    • scaffolding
    • university students
    • Internet in education

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