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Exploring students' learning effectiveness and attitude in G roup S cribbles‐supported collaborative reading activities: a study in the primary classroom
Author(s) -
Lin C.P.,
Chen W.,
Yang S.J.,
Xie W.,
Lin C.C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/jcal.12022
Subject(s) - collaborative learning , reading (process) , reading comprehension , cooperative learning , mathematics education , psychology , comprehension , medical education , teaching method , computer science , medicine , political science , law , programming language
Improving students' reading comprehension is of significance. In this study, collaborative learning supported by G roup Scribbles ( GS ), a networked technology, was integrated into a primary reading class. Forty‐seven 10‐year‐old students from two 4th grade classes participated in the study. Experimental and control groups were established to investigate the effectiveness of GS ‐supported collaborative learning in enhancing students' reading comprehension. The results affirmed the effectiveness of the intervention designed. In the experiment group, students' learning attitudes, motivation and interest were enhanced as well. Further analyses were done to probe students' interaction processes in the networked collaborative classroom and different collaboration patterns and behaviours were identified. Based on the findings obtained, implications for future learning design to empower L1 learning were elaborated.