Levels of Social Network Analysis and Small Team Problem-solving in the Classroom
Levels of Social Network Analysis and Small Team Problem-solving in the Classroom
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课堂上社交网络分析和小团队解决问题的水平
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2015
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A. Smailagic
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Peter A. Simon;S. Finger;D. Krackhardt;D. Siewiorek;A. Smailagic
在协作学习环境中，知识的转移很大程度上取决于社会文化因素，包括学习者之间的互动以及与教师的互动。通过使用社会网络分析（SNA），可以了解影响学习者动态和学习的一些因素。即使是一个班级的社会网络的单个时间切片，它显示了学生之间的社会关系，也可以揭示学生在网络中的位置，这可能会影响学生学习的内容和方式以及他/她解决问题的能力。本文对某工程项目学生的社会网络水平进行了研究。分析是在给学生小组的设计任务的背景下完成的。最终设计的质量是用一个产生可量化结果的指标来评估的。我们将团队成员对其网络的感知与团队解决问题的能力联系起来。我们发现，尽管样本量很小，但团队的项目得分与团队的平衡以及学生个人对团队平衡的看法之间存在显著的相关性。在这种情况下，团队的平衡是指情感相互回报的程度，如第3节所述。团队平衡的感知，或社会网络的水平，将在第6节中讨论。社会网络分析的层次揭示了团队成员是否正确地感知了团队成员之间的关系。这些初步的发现为社会网络分析在协作学习分析中的作用的未来工作提供了机会。
In a collaborative learning environment, transfer of knowledge depends strongly on sociocultural factors including the interaction among the learners as well as the interactions with the instructor. An understanding of some of the factors that affect the dynamics of learners and learning can be gleaned through the use of social network analysis (SNA). Even a single time-slice of the social network of a class, which shows the social ties between the students, can reveal much about a student’s position in the network, which may affect what and how a student learns and his/her problem solving ability. This paper presents a study of the levels of the social network of students in an engineering project course. The analysis is done in the context of a design task given to small teams of students. The quality of the final design is evaluated using a rubric that yields a quantifiable result. We relate the team members’ perceptions of their network with the problem solving ability of the team. We found significant correlations between a team’s project score and a team’s balance as well as with the individual student’s perception of their team balance, although the sample size was small. In this context, the balance of a team is the degree to which feelings are reciprocated, as discussed in Section 3. The perception of team balance, or the levels of the social network, is discussed in Section 6. The levels of social network analysis uncovers whether team members correctly perceive the relationships among their teammates. These initial findings open opportunities for future work on the role social network analysis can play in the analysis of collaborative learning.