ERIC Number: EJ1167681
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 21
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Exploring Classroom Interaction with Dynamic Social Network Analysis
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, v41 n1 p17-37 2018
This article reports on an exploratory project in which technology and dynamic social network analysis (SNA) are used for modelling classroom interaction. SNA focuses on the links between social actors, draws on graphic imagery to reveal and display the patterning of those links, and develops mathematical and computational models to describe and explain those patterns. "Dynamic" SNA extends SNA and builds on previous research on network change. Utilizing data from six videos from the TIMSS video study and a convenience sample of five observations of one teacher in a secondary school in the south of England, a methodology for dynamic SNA was applied to classroom interaction data. The results are in two ways relevant for this journal. Firstly, they show that recent developments in SNA might be usefully applied to furthering knowledge about the dynamics of classroom interaction. Secondly, the results provide an example of the use of tablet technology for fieldwork data collection.
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Mixed Methods Research, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Video Technology, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Observation, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); Hong Kong; United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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