Article ID: 48099
The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is a gap in evaluations by investigating how junior high school students predict peer evaluations when expressing their opinions and how they evaluate peers' opinions during collaborative learning in Japanese language classes. To achieve this, this study first replicated previous findings on evaluation prediction and then conducted a questionnaire survey in collaborative learning settings within Japanese language. The results of an analysis of variance revealed that, irrespective of grade level, “participant prediction” was significantly lower than “actual impression”. Furthermore, the results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that “participant prediction” was positively influenced by a sense of comfort in the class, while “actual impression” was positively influenced by both the sense of comfort and the sense of fulfillment related to Japanese language classes. The study concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for educational practice.
