Table 7 A semantic and textual analysis of the contributions typed/written and shared by students via chat rooms during the distance learning activity
From: Process modeling and decision mining in a collaborative distance learning environment
Contributions | High performance | Low performance |
|---|---|---|
Total number of words typed during the activity | 7,893 | 2,130 |
Average number of words typed (per group) | 395 | 213 |
Total number of questions asked during the activity | 73 | 16 |
Average number of questions asked during the activity (per group) | 3.65 | 1.6 |
Total number of written sentences addressed to the whole group | 13 | 4 |
Total number of written sentences addressed to a specific person | 2 | 17 |
Total number of encouragements in the sentences | 11 | 3 |
Total number of acknowledgements in the sentences | 2 | 0 |
Total number of uncertainty expressions due to lack of experience in the sentences | 0 | 4 |
Total number of uncertain statements (such as perhaps, maybe) in the sentences | 5 | 37 |
Total number of certain statements (such as It is, I think, I’m sure) in the sentences | 47 | 6 |