共同寫作小組中分工角色與團體寫作成效的關聯

Abstract

過去這十年來，隨著 Web 2.0 的線上平台蓬勃發展，線上協同寫作已成為語言教學的工具。Web 2.0 可讓使用者共同編輯、即時修改線上文件。這種平 台的方便性也讓線上協同寫作變得越來越受歡迎。在疫情肆虐下，線上共同 寫作也是良好的遠端教學的工具。線上協同寫作有許多優點，像是提升學習 者對作文的內容發展、提升團體中建構鷹架學習能力。但是線上協同寫作的 成功與否取決於合作時的互動模式。互動模式由兩個要素決定:付出的平均 性與互動性。平均性指的是在寫作團體中各個團員貢獻的次數是否平均，互 動性指的是團員間有沒有開啟與承接話題的討論。然而，過去的研究顯示， 有些協同寫作的小組互動不良，造成共同寫作的成果不如預期。為什麼有些 協同寫作互動良好，而有些互動不佳，其中的原因仍然不清楚。此研究調查 了兩班的學生的線上協同寫作模式，分成實驗組(共 11 組)與控制組(共 10 組)。實驗組施加了指定的角色給組員扮演，而控制組沒有任何角色，純 粹以自然的形式共同寫作。再寫了三次共同寫作後，以最後一次的寫作成績 為判斷依據，並加上編碼分析組員在協同過程的討論內容，判斷每個寫作小 組的互動模式。該研究發現，實驗組的最後一次的寫作成績跟第一次相比有 顯著進步，反觀控制組則沒有顯著進步。此研究進一步探討，指定角色與互 動模式的關聯。發現有角色扮演，能促進協同寫作小組的模式，使模式變得 正面，且對於作文成績有正向影響。In the past decade, with the flourishing of online platforms of Web 2.0, online collaborative writing has become a convenient and effective way for language teaching. Web 2.0 allows users to jointly edit and modify online documents. The convenience of this platform has also made online collaborative writing more popular. Since the computer-supported platform is one of the most useful tools for remote teaching, especially with the outbreak of COVID-19, the study aims to explore computer-supported collaborative writing (CSCW) for practical use in language remote teaching field. CSCW has many advantages, such as improving learners' content development of composition, and improving the ability of scaffolding learning in groups. However, the success of CSCW activity depends on the interactive patterns in collaboration. The types of interactive patterns are determined by two elements: the equality (averageness of the effort and contribution by each group member) and the mutuality (the degree of engagement of every member). Past research has shown that some CSCW groups interact poorly, making co-writing less productive. Thereasons why some collaborative writing groups works well and some do not are still unclear.This study investigated two classes of high school students in four times of CSCW activities. The two classes were randomly assigned to be the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was told to play assigned-roles during the collaboration while the control group did not have roles to play. After participating three times of CSCW activities, the interactive patterns of each writing group and their writing scores were analyzed and calculated based on Li and Kim (2016)’s coding scheme of equality and mutuality.The results show that the majority of the interactive patterns from the experimental group are positive. The experimental group also improved significantly on their group writing performance while the control group did not improve much. In terms of the connection between assigned roles and interactive patterns, the study found that role-playing can facilitate more discussion during collaboration, thus enhance the positiveness of interactive patterns. By contrast, without any roles, the distribution of interactive patterns is mixed in the control group. Implications are drawn regarding possible implementation of CSCW activities in English writing classroom.