Plan‐Draw‐Evaluate (PDE) pattern in students' collaborative drawing

Interaction between visual and verbal modes of representation

Bibliographic Data

ID21392801
AuthorsJoonhyeong Park (0000-0002-5296-9396, School of Education Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia, corresponding author), Kok‐sing Tang (0000-0002-2764-539X, School of Education Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia), Jina Chang (0000-0003-0264-6422, School of Education Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia)
Year2021
Volume105
Issue5
Pages1013-1045
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8326 • E-ISSN: 1098-237X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sce.21668
OpenAlexW3177413422
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited78

The use of group drawing to promote student‐generated representation is a common instructional strategy as it combines the benefits of using visual representation and collaborative talk. Although the affordances of group drawing have increasingly been emphasized in science education, few studies have investigated how drawing as a visual mode interacts with group discourse as a verbal mode as well as how that interaction facilitates the development of students' collective ideas. Informed by theories in classroom discourse and multimodality, this paper examines the interaction process between a verbal and visual mode of representation as groups of students engaged in collaborative drawing during guided science inquiry lessons. On the basis of the analysis of data from a science class that adopted group drawing, we found and documented a recurring pattern, Plan‐Draw‐Evaluate or PDE pattern, in how the interaction between the verbal and visual modes occurred during collaborative drawing. This PDE pattern consisted of a triad of moves that alternate between the two modes and fulfilled various discursive purposes, such as suggesting, requesting, recording, visualizing, elaborating, agreeing, and rejecting. The PDE pattern provided a basic social structure that facilitated the collaboration and progression of students' ideas. With illustrations of PDE patterns and its variations, we argue that the PDE pattern provides an insight into the dynamic organization of interactions involved in group drawing that takes into consideration the multimodal affordances of verbal and visual modes of representation and the progression of ideas developed through collaborative discourse

Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Human–computer interaction · Mathematics education · Mode (computer interface) · Multimodality · Plan (archaeology) · Representation (politics) · Science education · Computer Science · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Psychology · Science Education and Pedagogy · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes