Conceptualizing Quality of Intergroup Dialogue in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Analysis of Social and Emotional Talk

• In Event: Intersecting Making and STEAM Practices With Social and Emotional Talk

Abstract

Developing shared meaning-making skills across differences is a critical educational goal. This study built on a series of studies aiming to address this goal and explored social and emotional talk behaviors of diverse teams’ discussions around politically charged topics in a CSCL context. We conceptualized social and emotional talk as the extent to which team members engage in self-disclosure and risk-taking and socially and emotionally support each other. We then collected and analyzed the discussions of 13 diverse teams over four-time points. Our analysis suggested that teams engaged in three categories of social and emotional talk behaviors: personal engagement, social connectedness, and constructive engagement. We further identified the associated behaviors to inform our subsequent conceptualization of intergroup dialogue in CSCL.

Authors

• Tugce Aldemir, Texas A&M University
  Presenting Author

• Marcela Borge, Pennsylvania State University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jose Soto, Pennsylvania State University
  Non-Presenting Author