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Rachel M. Wong; Olusola O. Adesope – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Interest in collaborative concept mapping studies has grown steadily over the years. However, insufficient studies compare collaborative concept mapping with other similarly robust collaborative activities. Another limitation is that existing collaborative concept mapping studies seldom elaborate on the extent of participants' interactions with…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Interaction, Cooperation, Activities
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Gummerum, Michaela; Leman, Patrick J.; Hollins, Tara S. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Group decision making should be particularly beneficial when group members share unique information, because then a group can make a better decision than each group member alone. This study examined how elementary-school children share unique information during group decision making. Seventy-nine groups of 3 same-sex and same-age 7- and 9-year-old…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Sharing Behavior, Elementary School Students, Children
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Wheeler, Brad; Hilton, James L. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
Socrates argued that the unexamined life is not worth living. For the past decade, the authors--along with many colleagues, organizations, and commercial firms--have been immersed in the booming, buzzing confusion that is the community landscape of higher education. They have communities that build software (e.g., Jasig, Kuali, Moodle, Sakai),…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Communities of Practice, Problem Solving, Decision Making
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Krause, Tim – Business Communication Quarterly, 2009
In this article, the author outlines a variety of ways of defining, making explicit, and supporting effective team-based projects through the basic tenets of Lean Six Sigma and the use of Web-based technologies. A combination of Lean Six Sigma and a handful of project management technologies not only help in fostering the communication central to…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Internet, Teamwork, Cooperation
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Kimmerle, Joachim; Cress, Ulrike – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008
A common challenge in many situations of computer-supported collaborative learning is increasing the willingness of those involved to share their knowledge with other group members. As a prototypical situation of computer-supported information exchange, a shared-database setting was chosen for the current study. This information-exchange situation…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Cole, Sharon Stewart – Journal of Research Administration, 2007
The purpose of this Delphi study was to gather expert opinions and recommendations for change in the research administration system to bring about growth and collaboration. This study was deemed important because at the heart of every system is the fact that individuals need each other to continue to exist. The results of the Delphi study give…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Opinions, Educational Change, Cooperation
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers