The Effects of Guided Elaboration in a CSCL Programme on the Learning Outcomes of Primary School Students from Dutch and Immigrant Families
ARTICLE
Fleur Ruth Prinsen, Jan Terwel, Bonne J. H. Zijlstra, Monique M. L. Volman
Educational Research and Evaluation Volume 19, Number 1, ISSN 1380-3611
Abstract
This study examined the effects of guided elaboration on students' learning outcomes in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. The programme provided students with feedback on their elaborations, and students reflected on this feedback. It was expected that students in the experimental (elaboration) programme would show better learning gains and that students from immigrant families would especially benefit. Two hundred primary school students of 9 different schools participated. The research can be characterized as a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, control group design. In a multilevel regression analysis, no main effect of the intervention was found. However, there was a significant differential effect of the intervention; students from immigrant families in the experimental programme outperformed their counterparts in the control group. It can be concluded that guided elaboration in a CSCL programme through feedback and reflection is a promising approach. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure, and 1 note.)
Citation
Prinsen, F.R., Terwel, J., Zijlstra, B.J.H. & Volman, M.M.L. (2013). The Effects of Guided Elaboration in a CSCL Programme on the Learning Outcomes of Primary School Students from Dutch and Immigrant Families. Educational Research and Evaluation, 19(1), 39-57. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/92321/.
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Keywords
- Comparative Analysis
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- computer mediated communication
- Control Groups
- Cooperative learning
- educational technology
- Elementary School Students
- Feedback (Response)
- Foreign Countries
- Immigrants
- Instructional Effectiveness
- Intervention
- Measures (Individuals)
- Multiple Regression Analysis
- Outcomes of Education
- Predictor Variables
- Pretests Posttests
- Quasiexperimental Design