Verbal communication at a stand-alone computer

The study this article refers to investigates pupils’ face-to-face verbal communication at a computer in a mathematics lesson. The pupils (14 years) work in single-gender pairs and each pair shares one computer. The study applies a design-based research approach and consists of two phases. The first phase is a descriptive-analytic phase and the second is an intervention phase. The data material is analyzed using several analytic loops and extensive pupil-teacher-researcher collaboration. This article reports on the first phase of the study. The pupils use spreadsheet software and work with the mathematical concepts of circumference and area. Six communication patterns are identified and discussed: 1) the level of verbal activity, 2) progressive utterances, 3) to address, 4) to speak in chorus, 5) mutual language, and 6) humor. The patterns are discussed and exemplified through the use of excerpts from the transcriptions. The study contributes to the field of micro-analytic research which describes verbal communication at stand-alone computers in education. (DIPF/Orig.) Dieser Artikel bezieht sich auf eine Studie zur Untersuchung von verbaler Kommunikation (Face-to-Face) zwischen Schulerinnen und Schulern an einem Computer im Mathematikunterricht. Die 14-jahrigen Schulerinnen und Schuler arbeiten in gleichgeschlechtlichen Zweiergruppen jeweils an einem gemeinsamen Computer. Der Untersuchungsansatz der Studie ist „design-based“ und setzt sich aus zwei Phasen zusammen, einer deskriptiv-analytischen Phase und einer Interventionsphase. Die Daten wurden unter Berucksichtigung mehrerer analytischer Schleifen sowie extensiver Zusammenarbeit von Schulern, Lehrern und Forschern analysiert. In diesem Artikel wird uber die erste Studienphase berichtet. Die Schulerinnen und Schuler verwenden Programme zur Tabellenkalkulation und arbeiten mit mathematischen Konzepten fur Umfange und Flachen. Es werden sechs verschiedene Kommunikationsmuster identifiziert und diskutiert: 1) der Grad verbaler Aktivitat, 2) progressive Auserungen, 3) die Ansprache, 4) im Chor sprechen, 5) wechselseitiges Sprechen und 6) Humor. Die Muster werden auf Grundlage von Auszugen der Transskriptionen diskutiert und veranschaulicht. Die Studie tragt zur mikro-analytischen Forschung bei, welche die verbale Kommunikation an Stand-alone-Computern in Bildungskontexten beschreibt. (DIPF/Orig.)

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