Using discourse analysis to assess student problem-solving in a virtual world

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Kennedy-Clark, Shannon and Wheeler, Penny. (2014). Using discourse analysis to assess student problem-solving in a virtual world. In In Kennedy-Clark, Shannon, Everett, Kristina and Wheeler, Penny (Ed.). Cases on the assessment of scenario and game-based virtual worlds in higher education pp. 211-237 IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4470-0.ch007
AuthorsKennedy-Clark, Shannon and Wheeler, Penny
EditorsKennedy-Clark, Shannon, Everett, Kristina and Wheeler, Penny
Abstract

Finding effective ways to measure student learning has been an enduring issue across the higher education sector. While much attention has been placed on the integration of technologies to support learning, not as much attention has focused on how these tools may also provide opportunities for the assessment of learning. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how an analysis of students’ real-time communication can be used to identify strategies that may contribute to the arrival at a problem solution. The authors argue that parts of speech and how the language can be used to help student organise their collaborations can be applied to learning and teaching contexts, as the rules of a language are fairly stable. Hence, discourse analysis can be used to inform the design of learning activities and assessment.

Page range211-237
Year2014
Book titleCases on the assessment of scenario and game-based virtual worlds in higher education
PublisherIGI Global
Place of publicationHershey, Pennsylvania
ISBN9781466644700
9781466644717
9781466644724
ISSN2327-1825
2327-1833
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4470-0.ch007
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84945994365
Web address (URL)https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=3313006
Research GroupCentre for Education and Innovation
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