The Effects of Gender Interaction Patterns on Student Participation in Computer-Supported Collaborative Argumentation |
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| Authors: | Allan Jeong Gayle V Davidson-Shivers |
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| Institution: | (1) Instructional Systems Program, Florida State University, Florida;(2) Department of Behavioral Studies & Educational Technology, University of South Alabama, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this study we examined response patterns in exchanges between males and females and their effects on gender participation
in five online debates. Students classified messages into arguments, evidence, critiques, and elaborations while posting messages
to the debates to facilitate argumentation and the sequential analysis of message-response sequences. The findings revealed
no differences in number of critiques posted in response to arguments because females were just as likely as males to critique
messages from both males and females, and because females responded to males with critiques at a higher than expected frequency.
Posthoc analysis revealed strong indications that females posted fewer rebuttals to the critiques of females than males, and
males posted more rebuttals to the critiques of females than females. The methods used in this study illustrate a process-oriented
approach to explain and predict gender differences in participation and serve as a framework for future research on gender
participation, group interaction, and strategies for facilitating collaborative argumentation and problem solving. |
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| Keywords: | computer-mediated communication gender interaction collaborative argumentation |
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