Group Cognition: Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge (Acting with Technology)
Group Cognition: Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge (Acting with Technology)
Extending the joint problem space: time and sequence as essential features of knowledge building
ICLS'08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on International conference for the learning sciences - Volume 2
Studying Virtual Math Teams
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To understand how small groups use information to solve problems collaboratively within socio-technical environments, we need a method for analyzing the structure of computer-mediated discourse. Conversation analysis offers an analysis of conversational talk in terms of a fine structure of adjacency pairs and offers some suggestions about longer sequences built on these pairs. This paper presents a case study of students solving a math problem in an online text-chat environment. It shows that their problem-solving discourse consists of a sequence of exchanges, each built on a base adjacency pair and each contributing a move in the solution process.