In order to collaborate effectively in group discourse on a topic like mathematical patterns,
group participants must organize their activities in ways that share the significance of their …

In this paper we examine how two groups of middle school students arrive at shared
understandings of and solutions to mathematical problems. Our data consists of logs of …

Objectives Calls to promote team-based interprofessional collaborative practice in
managing patients with complex health problems are ubiquitous. However, the literature …

Computers have transformed how we think, discuss and learn—as individuals, in groups,
within cultures and globally. However, social media are problematic, fostering flaming …

The ability of people to understand each other and to work together face-to-face is grounded
in their sharing of our meaningful natural and cultural world. CSCL groups--such as virtual …

The Virtual Math Teams (VMT) Project has conducted research since 2003 on how to
support small teams of students around the world to collaborate in online discussions of …

These essays are some of the most important papers co-written with my colleagues that
supplement the discussion of CSCL research in the published books. These chapters take …

This is a research paper on a new tool to support dynamic mathematics in education. The
research explores the use of software agents to engage in synchronous interaction with a …

While there is evidence that collaborative learning consists largely of group-level practices,
there has been little analysis and description of these processes as such; learning has …

The volume includes essays that address the philosophical issues raised in computer
support of collaborative learning and by the concept of group cognition. In particular …