Correlation Between Uncertainty Management and Transactive Communication in Elementary Team Learning

This study investigates the correlation between uncertainty management propensities (UMP) and transactivity of elementary students, as well as their use of uncertainty management strategies (UMS) and transactive communication in collaborative learning. Transactive communication is important for fostering effective collaboration. Furthermore, the effective collaboration is influenced by how uncertainty is managed. There are four UMS: reduce, maintain, increase, and ignore uncertainty. There are also five UMP: Seek Plausible Explanation, Pause for Reflection, Request Help, Take Action, and Deny Uncertainty. It was expected that there are correlations between certain UMP of elementary school students and their use of transactive communication, as well as their use of certain UMS and transactive communication. Furthermore, it was expected that the UMP Seek Plausible Explanation and Pause for Reflection were positively correlated with the use of transactive communication. Whereas the UMP Request Help, Take Action, and Deny Uncertainty would show no correlation with the use of transactivity. The results show that all UMS are significantly and positively correlated with transactive communication. Among the UMP, the propensities Seek Plausible Explanation, Pause for Reflection, and Take Action showed significant results for a positive correlation with transactive communication. The UMP Request Help and Deny Uncertainty showed no correlation.