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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2017.37.2.0301

Characteristics of Small Group Discussions About Friction in Terms of the Formation of Common Context  

Ha, Sangwoo (Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted)
Cheong, Yong Wook (Seoul National University)
Lee, Gyoungho (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.37, no.2, 2017 , pp. 301-311 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we observed the characteristics of students' small group discussions concerning the four friction problems. Participants in this study were 22 students of upper-level mechanics course and their small group discussions have been transcribed. As a result, we found that the phenomenon in this study is well defined by 'common context.' The process of formation of the common context was explicitly observed when students discussed about the identification of the problem situation (especially the movement of A in the second problem), the nature of friction and various forces, inertial frame, and noninertial reference frame. Meanwhile, the formation of common context was tacit when students thought they already had a common context. For example, students did not discuss about the friction rule itself because they had confidence about the knowledge. We also found that the presence of the questioner, receiver, and the other opinion were important for positive group discussions. The result of this study would be meaningful because it analyzed how the theme affects the group discussion beyond the limit of previous studies of just analyzing the form or pattern of discourse.
Keywords
small group discussion; friction; common context; questioner;
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