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Kapur, Manu; Voiklis, John; Kinzer, Charles K. – Computers & Education, 2008
This study reports the impact of high sensitivity to early exchange in 11th-grade, CSCL triads solving well- and ill-structured problems in Newtonian Kinematics. A mixed-method analysis of the evolution of participation inequity (PI) in group discussions suggested that participation levels tended to get locked-in relatively early on in the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Discussion Groups
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Kapur, Manu; Kinzer, Charles K. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This study investigated the effect of well- vs. ill-structured problem types on: (a) group interactional activity, (b) evolution of group participation inequities, (c) group discussion quality, and (d) group performance in a synchronous, computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. Participants were 60 11th-grade science students…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning