2014
DOI: 10.4018/ijec.2014040104
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Designing Collaborative Activities to Promote Understanding and Problem-Solving

Abstract: There are a vast number of studies that examine narrowly focused aspects of collaborative activities. However, rare is the research that synthesizes the findings of these studies and suggests an overall picture of well-designed collaborative activities. Toward this end, this manuscript discusses the characteristics of collaboration related to communication, structure, group composition, and grounding. The design of a collaborative activity should allow for certain types of conversations, feedback, and question… Show more

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“…The student teachers decided the group size, the number of collaborators within a group. Group size can influence learning outcomes by what the group can achieve in terms of collaborative dialogue (Hall 2014). Depending on the objectives and the nature of the learning task, cooperative groups range in size from 2-6 members (S. Kagan 2015).…”
Section: B Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The student teachers decided the group size, the number of collaborators within a group. Group size can influence learning outcomes by what the group can achieve in terms of collaborative dialogue (Hall 2014). Depending on the objectives and the nature of the learning task, cooperative groups range in size from 2-6 members (S. Kagan 2015).…”
Section: B Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Each was then analyzed according to the 4C skill indicators adapted from various previous references. Communication skills were adapted from Hall (2013), Collaboration skills were adapted from Lai, Emily. DiCerbo, Kristen, Foltz, & Peter (2017), Fadel et al (2015), and Metusalem, Belenky, & DiCerbo (2017), Critical Thinking Skills were adapted from Ariyana et al (2018), Fadel et al (2015), Kivunja (2014), Ventura, Lai, &Zhao et al (2016), and lastly Creativity Skills were adapted from Fadel et al (2015), Kivunja (2014), andLai, Yarbro, DiCerbo, &Geest (2018).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…a. Communication (Fadel, Charles, Bialik, Maya, and Trilling, 2015;Metusalem, R., Belenky, D. M., & DiCerbo, 2017) b. Collaboration (Hall, 2013;Lai, Emily. DiCerbo, Kristen, and Foltz, 2017) c. Critical thinking (Ariyana et al, 2018;Fadel, Charles, Bialik, Maya, and Trilling, 2015;Kivunja, 2014;Ventura, Lai, & DiCerbo, 2017;Zhao et al, 2016) d. Creativity (Fadel, Charles, Bialik, Maya, andTrilling, 2015;Kivunja, 2014;Lai, Yarbro, DiCerbo, & Geest, 2018)…”
Section: Instrumentsmentioning
confidence: 99%