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Pedagogical Communication Language in Video Lectures: Empirical Findings from Algebra Nation

  • Jinnie Shin
  • , Renu Balyan
  • , Michelle Banawan
  • , Walter L. Leite
  • , Danielle S. McNamara
  • University of Florida
  • Arizona State University

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Online tutoring has become a primary instructional delivery method with increased global health restrictions. Providing effective communication strategies is critical in video lectures to reduce the physical gap between the tutors and learners for effective learning. Hence, this study presents empirical findings regarding the communication strategies of algebra tutors in online video lectures. We used two advanced psycholinguistic tools, Coh-Metrix and SÉANCE, to investigate how the algebra tutors explored different language choices with specific sentimental values. In addition, the different teacher-talk strategies were identified within levels of their pedagogical discourse marker use. The results revealed the importance of linguistic and sentimental indices to understand the communication strategies of the tutors providing instruction on various algebra topics. The findings further suggested that tutors tend to focus on providing intentional language cues in the form of pedagogical discourse markers to help build rapport with the learners in an online learning environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2021 Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
EditorsErica de Vries, Yotam Hod, June Ahn
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages323-329
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330615
StatePublished - 2021
Event15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Jun 8 2021Jun 11 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS

Conference

Conference15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period06/8/2106/11/21

Keywords

  • Algebra Tutoring
  • NLP
  • Online Education
  • Pedagogical Communication
  • Theory-based Natural Language Processing

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