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10 - Analyzing Collaboration

from Part II - Methodologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

By
Noel Enyedy  and
Reed Stevens
Edited by
R. Keith Sawyer
R. Keith Sawyer
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary

Learning sciences researchers study different types of collaboration, study it for different reasons, and use a variety of methods. Many of these methods focus on talk and interaction patterns, often using a methodology called interaction analysis that builds on linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. This chapter reviews four broad approaches: collaboration as a window onto individual learning; collaboration as a way to study how to help students learn better; collaboration as a way to study how collaboration changes during learning; and collaboration itself as a form of learning. These approaches differ along four dimensions: the unit of analysis for describing collaborative processes; the unit of analysis for documenting learning outcomes; the degree to which those learning outcomes are identified within the collaboration or outside the collaboration; and the degree to which the researcher considers some forms of collaboration to be more effective.

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collaborationinteraction analysistranscriptiongroups and teams
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences , pp. 196 - 216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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