@inproceedings{445384af666c45158dde970149bfec32,
title = "“I thought we said”: Perceived peer support, discourse cohesion, and regulation in engineering design",
abstract = "There is limited research on how perceived peer network influences student collaboration in project-based instruction. Research based on interviews or content analyses may overlook the semantic structure of discourse. In this study, we combine content analysis with computational linguistics to explore the collaboration patterns of 22 first-year students during face-to-face group design (n = 7,514 conversational turns) in a project-based engineering course. We find that students who reported smaller peer network generally produced discourse that provided new information, but less cohesion, compared to students with perceived median and large peer networks. Overall, students with small networks also engaged in group planning, evaluation, and shared regulation less frequently compared to the other two groups. Findings have implications for adjusting group arrangement in design activities. The study also illustrates the potential of incorporating computational approaches to detecting discourse.",
author = "Ha Nguyen and Lim, {Kyu Yon} and Lily Wu and Christian Fischer and Mark Warschauer",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the anonymous reviewers, the students who participated in this study, the lab facilitator for helping us set up the recorders. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation, Award 1535300. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). All rights reserved.; 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 ; Conference date: 19-06-2020 Through 23-06-2020",
year = "2020",
language = "English",
series = "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "521--524",
editor = "Melissa Gresalfi and Horn, {Ilana Seidel}",
booktitle = "14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences",
}