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Scripting for Construction of a Transactive Memory System in Multidisciplinary CSCL Environments
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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
High-Level Co-Regulation in Collaborative Learning: How Does It Emerge and How Is It Sustained?
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Volet, Simone; Summers, Mark; Thurman, Joanne – Learning and Instruction, 2009
This article examines the nature and process of collaborative learning in student-led group activities at university. A situative framework combining the constructs of social regulation and content processing was developed to identify instances of productive high-level co-regulation. Data involves video footage of groups of science students…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Cooperative Learning, Video Technology, College Students
Making Sense of Graphs: Does Metacognitive Instruction Make a Difference on Students' Mathematical Conceptions and Alternative Conceptions?
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Kramarski, B. – Learning and Instruction, 2004
The present study investigates the differential effects of cooperative learning with or without metacognitive instruction on making sense of graphs. Participants were 196 eighth-graders who studied in six classrooms. Data were analyzed by using quantitative and qualitative methods. Results indicated that students who were exposed to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Methods, Graphs, Group Dynamics
Cooperative Learning with Computers.
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Mevarech, Z. R., Ed.; Light, P. H., Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1992
Nine articles discuss research on cooperative learning with computers and how student interactions at the computer facilitate learning. Current research on cooperative learning methods and computer-assisted learning; and microcomputer-based group problem solving, social-cognitive behaviors, higher order thinking, interdependence, autonomy,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
The Nature and Quality of Talk in Co-Operative Classroom Groups.
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Bennett, Neville; Dunne, Elisabeth – Learning and Instruction, 1991
The impact of changing classroom grouping practices from those requiring individual outcomes to those requiring cooperative outcomes was investigated in classrooms of 15 primary (elementary) school teachers in the United Kingdom. The nature and quality of talk in the cooperative groups with 4- to 11-year-old students were examined. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education