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Noroozi, Omid; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Weinberger, Armin; Mulder, Martin; Chizari, Mohammad – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Establishing a Transactive Memory System (TMS) is essential for groups of learners, when they are multidisciplinary and collaborate online. Environments for Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) could be designed to facilitate the TMS. This study investigates how various aspects of a TMS (i.e., specialization, coordination, and trust)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Klein, Perry D.; Piacente-Cimini, Sabrina; Williams, Laura A. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This study examines the role of writing in learning scientific principles through analogy. Seventy-two university students observed two demonstrations concerning one of three topics: buoyant force of a fluid, projectile motion or forces internal to a system. Each composed an analogy on one of the topics through speaking-only, writing-only, or…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Memory, Misconceptions