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Negotiation in online, synchronous, collaborative mathematics problem solving
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| Title: | Negotiation in online, synchronous, collaborative mathematics problem solving |
| Authors: | Toledo, Ramon Prudencio S. |
| Keywords: | Negotiation
Online synchronous learning environments
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Multiple interaction spaces |
| Issue Date: | 17-Apr-2007 |
| Publisher: | Drexel University. College of Information Science and Technology. |
| Series/Report no.: | IST Research Day 2007 posters |
| Abstract: | The Virtual Math Teams (VMT) project is an NSF-funded research program through
which researchers at the College of Information Science and Technology (IST) and the
Math Forum investigate the innovative use of online collaborative environments to
support effective K-12 mathematics learning. Negotiation, provisionally defined as action
to achieve agreement, takes place in the constitution of a shared conception from multiple
perspectives, as evidenced by the agreement which takes place, in many cases, after
contentious debate. We hypothesize that negotiation is the guiding mechanism of
collaboration, especially in the resolution of situations whose complexity is such that
understanding them is enhanced by multiple perspectives made possible through
collaboration. A research methodology based on conversation analysis is used to identify
how negotiation is conducted in online mathematics problem solving, by locating its
methods as negotiation is initiated, processed and concluded in different computer
mediated environments ranging from an all-text environment such as AIM® to a webbased
collaboration environment with dual-interaction spaces such as VMTChat. Initial
findings show artful ways through which participants use both text and whiteboard
postings to initiate, process and conclude negotiation, and how participants allocate
participation in the choice of approaches to a problem, the sequence in which different
approaches are used and contribution to the execution of an approach. Findings from this
research can be consequential for the design of negotiation support for CSCL
environments; early results show how participants invent new uses for tools introduced
into iterations of the design of the VMTChat collaborative environment. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1609 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Day Posters (IST)
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