Questioning and responding in online small groups engaged in collaborative math problem solving

Authors:
Nan Zhou;Alan Zemel;Gerry Stahl
Affiliations:
Drexel University, Philadelphia;Drexel University, Philadelphia;Drexel University, Philadelphia
Venue:
ICLS'08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on International conference for the learning sciences - Volume 2
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Question asking is central to the interactions that take place in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) settings. We investigate questioning and responding practices as interactional processes and explore their roles in online collaborative problem solving. We present our analysis of a 12-minute excerpt of three students doing math problem solving collaboratively in an online chat environment as an effort to discover some underlying social practices involved in questioning and responding. The analysis suggests how questions and responses are produced and understood. It also explicates the variety of roles questions can play in the organization of participation and learning in such a collaborative math problem-solving setting.