Interaction and Critical Thinking: Comparison of Student Moderation in an Online Course for K-12 Educators

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  In Poster Session: Investigations of Teacher Education Program Design and Innovations

Abstract

This study compared the interaction and critical thinking skills of K-12 educators enrolled in an online course that focused on technology in special education. Social Network Analysis (SNA) and measures of critical thinking (Newman, Webb & Cochrane (1995).were used as tools to assess if there was a difference in interaction and critical thinking between one, two or three student moderators facilitating a required discussion. The SNA analysis showed a difference of more discussion per non-moderating students with the one and two student moderated groups. The critical thinking measures will be presented once the coding and analysis is complete.

Author

• Joan Thormann, Lesley University