Roundtable(v): DDL-Narrative to Dynamic: Measuring Analytical Thinking in MOOC Discussion Forums

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Short Description

In this study, we used Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) to analyze 2,419 discussion forum posts from two versions of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to measure analytical thinking. LIWC’s analytical thinking score determines whether a post is more narrative or more analytical. We also examined the relationship between analytical thinking and the six dimensions of cognitive processing. We found moderating effects between analytical thinking and insight, causation, and discrepancy.

Authors

• Presenter: Rob Moore, University of Florida

• Contributor: Chuang Wang, University of Macau