Thesis Work

Annual Progress Seminar (APS)

APS 1 (2022):

While doing collaborative open-ended problem-solving, team members regulate their cognition, behavior, emotion, and motivation. To regulate effectively they use different SSRL strategies. In an open-ended problem and semester-long study for the Human-computer interaction course, we have investigated different SSRL strategies applied by high and low-performing groups. While investigating the difference in the application of SSRL strategies between high and low-scoring teams, we have found considerable differences. Those differences were reported by using quantitative and thematic representations. The findings of the study are published in ISLS-CSCL 2022.

APS 2 (2023):

Collaborative learning environments in face-to-face classrooms offer rich learning opportunities and provide a platform for practicing skills like regulation. In project-based learning courses, students handle ill-structured challenges and practice socially shared metacognitive regulation (SSMR). Transactivity refers to the degree to which students demonstrate a shared engagement and build on each other’s knowledge contributions. Prior research has highlighted the need to investigate the relationship between SSMR and transactivity systematically. This study emphasizes on investigating this relationship, in a project-based learning course on Human-Computer Interaction. From the analysis of 15-hours of video data, we identified SSMR episodes, analyzed metacognitive regulation skill, focus, and function, and also analyzed their degree of transactivity for two groups - high and low scoring. We found a considerable difference between two groups which highlights some important aspects of the relationship between SSMR and transactivity. Findings about this dynamic relationship are reported through quantitative and thematic representations and submitted in ISLS-CSCL 2023.

Future Work

We have conducted two studies which are primarily focusing on qualitative data. In order to validate and triangulate the claims using another mode of data, we are proposing an additional mode of data i.e. system interaction data (represented in the blue box in the following diagram).

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