Una Perspectiva Microsecuencial de la Interacción Sociocognitiva en Situaciones de Asimetría de Competencia.

The socioconstructivist literature on sociocognitive peer interaction is dominated by a structural or cross-sectional microanalytic approach. Here we propose to incorporate a micro-sequential perspective to analyze the socio-cognitive interaction between peers, occurring in a context of asymmetrical competence. This perspective focuses on the trajectory of transformations and changes occurring event by event. The aim is to identify regular microtransitions between the cognitive units contributed by peer in dyads with asymmetry of competence of sixth and seventh graders who solved task if comprehension of a cross-frequency table. Forty-three dyads (86 subjects, age: X=12.29; SD=0.64), from official schools of Rosario and its surrounding area (Argentina). The interaction was coded from three groups of categories according to its function in the task: directed to its resolution, to its organization or indirectly linked. An analysis of transition probability was performed among all codes. The transitions identified were organized according to whether they were: common between both subjects or specific from one to the other; intrasubjective or intersubjective; activated or inhibited. The results indicate a strong activation of transitions of intersubjective character when the codes refer to statements aimed at solving the task, and this is equally observed from one subject to the other, beyond the asymmetry of competence between them. Asymmetry-dependent transitions were also identified, generally activated, or inhibited by intervention of the more competent subject. The work allows us to conclude about the relevance of a (micro) sequential approach of socio-cognitive interaction, as the results reported here could not have been obtained from a classical structural perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]