Book chapter
Analyzing the Organization of Collaborative Math Problem-Solving in Online Chats Using Statistics and Conversation Analysis
Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use
2005
Abstract
In this paper we describe how a statistical test on a hypothesis regarding collaborative math problem solving using online chats showed an unexpected result, whose understanding required the use of qualitative methods. The phenomenon behind the result is identified using Conversation Analysis. This paper demonstrates the importance of using qualitative methods to describe the perspective of participants as a way of interpreting statistical results, revising hypotheses and developing alternative coding schemes and procedures. The combined approach of quantitative and qualitative methods is applied on real data coming from Virtual Math Teams research project (Drexel University) and is identifying issues not addressed so far in the analysis of online collaborative group activity.
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- Title
- Analyzing the Organization of Collaborative Math Problem-Solving in Online Chats Using Statistics and Conversation Analysis
- Creators
- Alan Zemel - Drexel UniversityFatos Xhafa - Open University of CataloniaGerry Stahl - College of Information Science and Technology, Philadelphia, PA
- Publication Details
- Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000233133000022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33646185510
- Other Identifier
- 991019170563904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods