The Effects of Types of Interactions on Students’ Quality of Discussions and Discussion Satisfactions
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Ninghua Han, Steven Crooks, Texas Tech University, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-02-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
This study examined the effects of four types of interactions on students’ quality of discussions and discussion satisfactions. The findings indicated that students who had low technology backgrounds achieved higher quality of online discussions than students who had high technology backgrounds in both homogeneous and heterogeneous discussion groups. Students who had high technology background had better performances when they discussed in heterogeneous group. However, there were no significant differences of discussion satisfaction among different types of interactions.
Citation
Han, N. & Crooks, S. (2013). The Effects of Types of Interactions on Students’ Quality of Discussions and Discussion Satisfactions. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2013--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 498-501). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/48152/.
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