gIBIS: a hypertext tool for exploratory policy discussion
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
The benefits of collaboration for student programmers
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The virtual classroom: learning without limits via computer networks
The virtual classroom: learning without limits via computer networks
Computer-mediated scholarly discussion groups
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A social constructivist approach to computer-mediated instruction
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Developing science activities through a networked peer assessment system
Computers & Education
Computers & Education - Collaborative learning environments
Analyzing Peer Interactions in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Model, Method and Tool
ICHL '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Hybrid Learning and Education
Analyzing the role of students' self-organization in a case of scripted collaboration
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The effect of simulation games on the learning of computational problem solving
Computers & Education
Adaptive domain-specific support to enhance collaborative learning: results from two studies
EC-TEL'11 Proceedings of the 6th European conference on Technology enhanced learning: towards ubiquitous learning
The effect of moderator's facilitative strategies on online synchronous discussions
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Currently, numerous on-line discussion forums have been developed for educational purposes; therefore, a better understanding about peer student discussion or discourse interactions is quite important. Through gathering peer learning interactions on 57 college computer science students, who were randomly assigned into 14 small groups for solving programming problems, this study analyzed the content of their discourse interactions. First, it was revealed that the most frequent interactions were related to some questions or suggestions regarding how to effectively coordinate peer members. However, different features of peer interactions were found across different small groups. By time sequence analysis of peer interactions, it was found that issues and positions were proposed mostly in the initial and middle stages of the study, while the conflicts frequently occurred in the beginning stage. Finally, this study suggested five peer interaction patterns in terms of peer knowledge exchange, including centralized knowledge exchange, distributive knowledge exchange, group development impediment, ability impediment and partial knowledge exchange. A further analysis of students' knowledge exchange patterns revealed that peer students' background abilities played an important role on the ways of knowledge exchange involved in the on-line peer learning activity. Certain configurations of students' background abilities tended to lead to a particular communication pattern. The implications derived from the findings for educational practice were also discussed. For example, the small groups with peer members of high achievement (or heterogeneous abilities) may not guarantee the success of group work. Many of them need teachers or moderators to scaffold the process of peer interactions and learning.