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Constructive handling of mistakes in the classroom: The conjoint power of collaborative networks and self-efficacy beliefs

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  • Lysann Zander
  • Madeleine Kreutzmann
  • Ilka Wolter

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  • Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)
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Translated title of the contributionKonstruktiver Umgang mit Fehlern im Klassenzimmer: Was kollaborative Arbeitsnetzwerke und Selbstwirksamkeitsüberzeugungen bewirken
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-223
Number of pages19
JournalZeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE) (online)
Volume17
Issue number5
Early online date13 Sept 2014
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Constructive handling of mistakes enhances successful learning and involves an affective and a cognitive dimension: (a) low fear of making mistakes (FOM) and (b) high positive learning orientation towards mistakes (PLOM). We examine the role of collaborative peer networks for both dimensions of students’ constructive handling of mistakes by analyzing their overall structure (density) and students’ embeddedness into the structure (number of reciprocal relations). We found different patterns for the affective and cognitive dimension: Students reported lower FOM in classrooms with denser collaborative peer networks and when they were more embedded in the structure, but only to the extent that they also showed high levels of general self-efficacy. Students’ PLOM was higher when they had more reciprocal collaborative relations to classmates and higher general self-efficacy. Denser collaborative networks did not predict students’ PLOM. Results are discussed against the background of social cognitive theory and recent accounts of co- and self-regulated learning.

Keywords

    Collaboration, Errors, Mistakes, Peers, Self-efficacy, Social networks

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Constructive handling of mistakes in the classroom: The conjoint power of collaborative networks and self-efficacy beliefs. / Zander, Lysann; Kreutzmann, Madeleine; Wolter, Ilka.
In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE) (online), Vol. 17, No. 5, 09.2014, p. 205-223.

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