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- Tarchi, Christian, et al.
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Pre-service teachers’ conceptions of online learning in emergency distance education : How is it defined and what self-regulated learning skills are associated with it?
- 2022
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Ingår i: Teaching and Teacher Education. - : Elsevier. - 0742-051X .- 1879-2480. ; 113, s. 103669-103669
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated pre-service teachers’ conceptions of online learning during the transition from face-to-face to emergency distance education in Italy, Sweden and Iran. Conceptions of online learning were conceptualised based on how pre-service teachers defined online learning, the self-regulated learning (SRL) skills associated with it and how they compared it to face-to-face education. The participants were asked about the characteristics of their online courses, yielding information about the online learning conditions and experiences. Conceptions of online learning were found to be underdeveloped. Pre-service teachers should develop a flexible approach to SRL that takes into consideration the demands of the specific educational setting.
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- Tarchi, Christian, et al.
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Recursivity in source-based writing : a process analysis
- 2023
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Ingår i: Reading and writing. - : Springer Nature. - 0922-4777 .- 1573-0905.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In university settings, writing argumentative essays from reading conflicting source texts is a common task for students. In performing this synthesis task, they must deal with conflicting claims about a controversial issue as they develop their own positions. Argumentative synthesis is characterized by writers’ back-and-forth moves between reading source texts and writing their own texts—a self-regulatory process that can be termed recursivity. The present study investigated the recursive behavior of Italian university students as they wrote argumentative syntheses while reading conflicting sources. The 43 graduate students participating in the study read four source texts on a controversial topic, evaluation in academe, with the goal of writing an argumentative essay. Reading of the sources was studied through a think-aloud procedure, and recursivity in writing the syntheses was recorded through Inputlog software. Comparisons were made between 22 high-recursive and 22 low recursive writers for the quality of their argumentative essays and for the critical strategies that they had used in reading the sources. Descriptive and nonparametic analyses produced the following three findings: (1) The strategies most employed in prereading were all related to synthesis-related activities: voicing opinion, expressing agreement, and expressing doubts. (2) Recursivity occurred most often in the middle of the synthesis process, as writers developed their arguments, instead of at the beginning or end. (3) High-recursive writers surpassed low-recursive writers by producing argumentative essays of higher quality and obtained better recall scores. They also employed more critical processing relevant to synthesis when reading the sources. This study provides insight on how recursivity is involved in argumentative writing but still there is need for further research.
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- Tarchi, Christian, et al.
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The Use of ChatGPT in Source-Based Writing Tasks
- 2024
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Ingår i: International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. - : Springer Nature. - 1560-4292 .- 1560-4306.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ChatGPT, a chatbot based on a Generative Pre-trained Transformer model, can be used as a teaching tool in the educational setting, providing text in an interactive way. However, concerns point out risks and disadvantages, as possible incorrect or irrelevant answers, privacy concerns, and copyright issues. This study aims to categorize the strategies used by undergraduate students completing a source-based writing task (SBW, i.e., written production based on texts previously read) with the help of ChatGPT and their relation to the quality and content of students’ written products. ChatGPT can be educationally useful in SBW tasks, which require the synthesis of information from a text in response to a prompt. SBW requires mastering writing conventions and an accurate understanding of source material. We collected 27 non-expert users of ChatGPT and writers (Mage = 20.37; SD = 2.17). We administered a sociodemographic questionnaire, an academic writing motivation scale, and a measure of perceived prior knowledge. Participants were given a source-based writing task with access to ChatGPT as external aid. They performed a retrospective think-aloud interview on ChatGPT use. Data showed limited use of ChatGPT due to limited expertise and ethical concerns. The level of integration of conflicting information showed to not be associated with the interaction with ChatGPT. However, the use of ChatGPT showed a negative association with the amount of literal source-text information that students include in their written product.
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