Toward a script theory of guidance in computer-supported collaborative learning

Fischer, Frank; Kollar, Ingo; Stegmann, Karsten und Wecker, Christof (17. Januar 2013): Toward a script theory of guidance in computer-supported collaborative learning. In: Educational Psychologist, Bd. 48, Nr. 1: S. 56-66

Abstract

This article presents an outline of a script theory of guidance for computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). With its four types of components of internal and external scripts (play, scene, role, and scriptlet) and seven principles, this theory addresses the question how CSCL practices are shaped by dynamically re-configured internal collaboration scripts of the participating learners. Furthermore, it explains how internal collaboration scripts develop through participation in CSCL practices. It emphasizes the importance of active application of subject matter knowledge in CSCL practices, and it prioritizes transactive over non-transactive forms of knowledge application in order to facilitate learning. Further, the theory explains how external collaboration scripts modify CSCL practices and how they influence the development of internal collaboration scripts. The principles specify an optimal scaffolding level for external collaboration scripts and allow for the formulation of hypotheses about the fading of external collaboration scripts. Finally, the article points towards conceptual challenges and future research questions.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Postprint
• Keywords: Collaboration Scripts Scaffolding Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik ; Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie > Empirische Pädagogik und Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 370 Bildung und Erziehung
• ISSN: 0046-1520
• Sprache: Englisch

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