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Jessica Andrews-Todd; Jonathan Steinberg; Samuel L. Pugh; Sidney K. D'Mello – Grantee Submission, 2022
New challenges in today's world have contributed to increased attention toward evaluating individuals' collaborative problem solving (CPS) skills. One difficulty with this work is identifying evidence of individuals' CPS capabilities, particularly when interacting in digital spaces. Often human-driven approaches are used but are limited in scale.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cooperation, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Armstrong, Alayne – Research in Mathematics Education, 2020
The Zen concept of beginner's mind describes how one's level of awareness can open one's mind to growth and possibilities, an attitude that would be beneficial for many mathematics students. In this naturalistic case study, two small groups of middle years students engage in the same mathematical task, one group demonstrating the characteristics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Mathematics Activities, Group Dynamics
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van de Sande, Carla C.; Greeno, James G. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
We use a concept of framing to explain 3 cases in which participants initially lacked mutual understanding but then achieved significant mutual understanding. The cases were all consistent with a pattern of "positional framing" that includes a human participant who is inquiring, which we call a "listener", and a "source", which may be another…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Algebra, Group Dynamics, Interaction
Ng, Kit Ee Dawn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
This paper investigates the impact of group dynamics on metacognitive behaviours of students (aged 13-14) during group collaborative problem solving attempts involving a design-based real-world applications project. It was discovered that group dynamics mediated the impact of metacognitive judgments related red flag situations and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Group Dynamics
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Armstrong, Alayne C. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2008
This article considers two small groups of students in the same Grade 8 mathematics classroom whose approaches to the same mathematical problem result in very different experiences. Using videotapes and written transcripts, an analysis of the groups' working processes was undertaken using Sawyer's pre-existing structures required for the presence…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics