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The structure of collaborative problem solving in a virtual math team
Proceedings of the 2011 iConference, pp 606-613
08 Feb 2011
Abstract
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.
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Details
- Title
- The structure of collaborative problem solving in a virtual math team
- Creators
- Gerry Stahl - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 2011 iConference, pp 606-613
- Conference
- 2011 iConference
- Series
- iConference '11
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79952580344
- Other Identifier
- 991019173961104721