Collaborative Online Inquiry: Exploring Students' Skills in Locating, Reading, and Communicating Information

This study examines third, fourth, and fifth grade students' reasoning that was captured as they engaged collaboratively in a teacher designed inquiry task. This task focused on choosing ecofriendly toys for a fictitious local toy store. Results indicated that students were more expressive with...

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Main Authors: Sekeres, Diane Carver, Castek, Jill
Other Authors: Univ Arizona
Language:en
Published: NATL CENTER ONLINE LEARNING RESEARCH 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626113
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spelling ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6261132017-11-22T03:00:26Z Collaborative Online Inquiry: Exploring Students' Skills in Locating, Reading, and Communicating Information Sekeres, Diane Carver Castek, Jill Univ Arizona This study examines third, fourth, and fifth grade students' reasoning that was captured as they engaged collaboratively in a teacher designed inquiry task. This task focused on choosing ecofriendly toys for a fictitious local toy store. Results indicated that students were more expressive with reasoning when they shared their ideas orally, but were less apt to include reasoning in their digital writing. This pattern of results suggests the benefits of pairing talk with writing, grouping students to work collaboratively during online inquiry, and teaching ways to construct digital writing that supports the inclusion of hyperlinks, the integration of images, and other means of connecting digital reading and writing. These digital affordances provide tangible ways for students to include reasoning and evidence within their writing and can bolster their persuasive and argument writing. Recommendations for instruction are offered as well as design considerations for online inquiry tasks. 2016 Article Sekeres, D. C., & Castek, J. (2016). Collaborative Online Inquiry: Exploring Students' Skills in Locating, Reading, and Communicating Information. Journal Of Interactive Online Learning, 14(2), 58-79. 1541-4914 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626113 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626113 JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE ONLINE LEARNING en http://www.ncolr.org/issues/jiol/v14/n2/2 Copyright © 2017 Journal of Interactive Online Learning. All Rights Reserved. NATL CENTER ONLINE LEARNING RESEARCH
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description This study examines third, fourth, and fifth grade students' reasoning that was captured as they engaged collaboratively in a teacher designed inquiry task. This task focused on choosing ecofriendly toys for a fictitious local toy store. Results indicated that students were more expressive with reasoning when they shared their ideas orally, but were less apt to include reasoning in their digital writing. This pattern of results suggests the benefits of pairing talk with writing, grouping students to work collaboratively during online inquiry, and teaching ways to construct digital writing that supports the inclusion of hyperlinks, the integration of images, and other means of connecting digital reading and writing. These digital affordances provide tangible ways for students to include reasoning and evidence within their writing and can bolster their persuasive and argument writing. Recommendations for instruction are offered as well as design considerations for online inquiry tasks.
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