Transforming and constructing academic knowledge through online peer feedback in summary writing

• Published in: Computer assisted language learning Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 683 - 702
• Main Author: Yang, Yu-Fen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 18.05.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic Discourse; Academic Language; Academic writing; Asians; Business Communication; CAD; CAI; Collaborative learning; Collaborative virtual environments; College students; Comparative Analysis; Computer aided design; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Content Analysis; Control Groups; Cooperative Learning; English (Second Language); English as a second language; Experimental Groups; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Foreign languages; Graduate Students; Grammar; Instructional Effectiveness; knowledge construction; Knowledge Level; knowledge transformation; Language Tests; Peer Evaluation; peer feedback; Peers; Performance appraisal; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Revision (Written Composition); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second language writing; Statistical Analysis; Students; Summaries; summary writing; Taiwan; Teaching Methods; Test of English for International Communication; Writing; Writing Processes; Taiwan

Recognizing that graduate students seldom have the opportunity to participate collaboratively, either in providing or receiving feedback to improve their academic writing skills, this study reports on the design of a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) system used to investigate how gra...