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Peer reviewedLipponen, Lasse; Rahikainen, Marjaana; Lallimo, Jiri; Hakkarainen, Kai – Learning and Instruction, 2003
Analyzed patterns of participation and discourse mediated by Virtual Web School (VWS), an Internet-based asynchronous bulletin board system used by 23 fifth graders in Finland. Findings show high density of articipation, but the need for improvement in the quality of student discussion on VWS. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Discussion, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedKaartinen, S.; Kumpulainen, K. – Learning and Instruction, 2002
Studied the construction of explanations in a social situation of science learning in which 18 university students in Finland participated. Introduced an analytic tool for untangling the processes of explanation building that takes a synchronous and diachronic approach to communicative and cognitive processes of student discourse. Data show how…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedKumpulainen, Kristiina – Learning and Instruction, 1996
Studies with 8 children in the United Kingdom and 30 in Finland show that verbal interactions of children doing collaborative writing with a computer are highly task-related and characterized by exchange of information, questioning, judging, organizing, and composing. Exploratory and argumentational use of language was found to be low. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Collaborative Writing, Context Effect, Cooperative Learning
