Exploring the Nature of Peer Feedback: An Epistemic Network Analysis Approach

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Title: Exploring the Nature of Peer Feedback: An Epistemic Network Analysis Approach
Language: English
Authors: Olga Viberg (ORCID 0000-0002-8543-3774), Martine Baars (ORCID 0000-0001-7018-6187), Rafael Ferreira Mello (ORCID 0000-0003-3548-9670), Niels Weerheim (ORCID 0000-0002-6009-8658), Daniel Spikol (ORCID 0000-0001-9454-0793), Cristian Bogdan, Dragan Gasevic (ORCID 0000-0001-9265-1908), Fred Paas (ORCID 0000-0002-1647-5305)
Source: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 2024 40(6):2809-2821.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Correlation
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.13035
ISSN: 0266-4909
1365-2729
Abstract: Background Study: Peer feedback has been used as an effective instructional strategy to enhance students' learning in higher education. Objectives: This paper reports on the findings of an explorative study that aimed to increase our understanding of the nature and role of peer feedback in the students' learning process in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) setting. Exploring what types of feedback are used, and how they relate to each other and are related to academic performance has important implications for students and teachers. Methods: This study was conducted in the higher education setting. It used a dataset consisting of student peer feedback messages (N = 2444) and grades from 231 students who participated in a large engineering course. Using qualitative methods, peer feedback was coded inductively. Epistemic network analysis (ENA) was used to analyse the relation between peer feedback types and performance. Results: Based on the five types of peer feedback (i.e., 'management', 'cognition' 'affect', 'interpersonal factors' and 'suggestions for improvements'), the results of the ENA showed that student feedback categories 'management', 'cognition' and 'affect' were positively related to student performance at the formative assessment phase. Conclusions: The findings and the ENA visualizations also show that 'suggestions for improvement' and 'interpersonal factors' were not a significant part of student learning in peer assessment and feedback in the studied context.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1448410
Database: ERIC
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