Computer-based problemsolving: The effects of group composition and social skills on a cognitive, joint action task

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Kutnick, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Group composition; Initial attainment; Joint action; Problem solving; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040151245     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390202     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. BARBIERI, M. and LIGHT, P. (1992). 'Interaction, gender, and performance on a computer-based problem-solving task', Learning and Instruction, 2, 199-213.
2. BISHOP, P. (1994). Task difficulty and effectiveness of group work. Paper presented at the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September.
3. BLAYE, A., LIGHT, P., JOINER, R. and SHELDON, S. (1991). 'Collaboration as a facilitator of planning and problem solving on a computer-based task', British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9, 471-83.
4. CARMICHAEL, H., BURNETT, J., HIGGINSON, W. , MOORE, B. and POLLARD, P. (1986). Computers, Children and Classrooms: A Multisite Evaluation of the Creative Use of Microcomputers by Elementary School Children. Ontario: Queen's Printer.
5. CHESNOKOVA, O.B. (1994). The conditions of acceptance of joint cognitive tasks by preschool children. Paper presented at the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September.
6. COWIE, H. and RUDDUCK, J. (1988). Co-operative Groupwork: An Overview. London: BP Education Service.
7. CWDE SOFTWARE (1989). The Water Game. London: CWDE Software.
8. GALTON, M. (1990). 'Grouping and groupwork.' In: ROGERS, C. and KUTNICK, P. (Eds) The Social Psychology of the Primary School. London: Routledge, pp. 11-30.
9. HOYLES, C. (Ed) (1988). Girls and Computers, Bedford Way Papers 34. London: Institute of Education.
10. HOYLES, C., SUTHERLAND, R. and HEALY, L. (1991). 'Children talking in computer environments: new insights on the role of discussion in mathematics learning.' In: DURKIN, K. and SHIRE, B. (Eds) Language in Mathematical Education: Research and Practice. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 162-76.
11. HUGHES, M., BRACKENRIDGE, A., BIBBY, A. and GREENHOUGH, G. (1988). 'Girls, boys and turtles: gender effects in young children learning with Logo.' In: HOYLES, C. (Ed) Girls and Computers, Bedford Way Papers 34. London: Institute of Education, pp. 31-9.
12. JACKSON, A., FLETCHER, B. and MESSER, D. (1986). 'A survey of microcomputer use and provision in primary school', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2, 45-55.
13. JACKSON, A., FLETCHER, B. and MESSER, D. (1988). 'Effects of experience on microcomputer use in primary schools: results of a second survey', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 4, 214-26.
14. JACKSON, A., FLETCHER, B. and MESSER, D. (1992). 'When talking doesn't help: an investigation of microcomputer-based group problem-solving', Learning and Instruction, 2, 185-97.
15. KIRKMAN, C. (1993). 'Computer experience and attitudes of 12 year old students: implications of the UK National Curriculum', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 9, 51-62.
16. KIRKUP, G. (1992). 'The social construction of computers.' In: KIRKUP, G. and KELLER, L. (Eds) Inventing Women: Science, Gender and Technology. Oxford: Polity Press, pp. 267-81.
17. KUTNICK, P. (1988). Relationships in the Primary School Classroom. London: Paul Chapman.
18. KUTNICK, P. and MARSHALL, D. (1993). 'Development of social skills and the use of the microcomputer in the primary school classroom', British Educational Research Journal, 19, 517-33.
19. LIGHT, P. and BLAYE, A. (1990). 'Computer-based learning: the social dimensions.' In: FOOT, H., MORGAN, M. and SHUTE, R. (Eds) Children Helping Children. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 135-47.
20. LIGHT, P. and PERRET-CLERMONT, A.-N. (1989). 'Social context effects in learning and testing.' In: GELLATLY, A., ROGERS, D. and SLOBODA, J. (Eds) Cognition and Social Worlds. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 99-112.
21. LITTLETON, K., LIGHT, P., JOINER, R., MESSER, D. and BARNES, P. (1992). 'Pairing and gender effects on children's computer-based learning', European Journal of Psychology of Education, 7, 311-24.
22. LITTLETON, K., LIGHT, P., JOINER, R., MESSER, D. and BARNES, P. (1994). Pirates and picnics: gender and software interactions in children's computer-based problem-solving. Paper presented at the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September.
23. MARTIN, R. (1991). 'School children's attitudes towards computers as a function of gender, course subjects and the availability of home computers', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 7, 187-94.
24. MAXWELL, W. (1990). 'The nature of friendship in the primary school.' In: ROGERS, C. and KUTNICK, P. (Eds) The Social Psychology of the Primary School. London: Routledge, pp. 169-89.
25. PERRET-CLERMONT, A.-N. (1980). Social Interaction and Cognitive Development. London: Academic Press
26. PIRIE, S. E. B. and WOOD, T. (1994). A dialogue between a psychological and sociological perspective on classroom learning. Paper presented at the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September.
27. ROGERS, C. (1982). A Social Psychology of Schooling. London: Routledge.
28. ROGOFF, B. (1990). Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context. New York: Oxford University Press.
29. SIANN, G. and MACLEOD, H. (1986). 'Computers and children of primary school age: issues and questions', British Journal of Educational Technology, 17, 133-44.
30. SUTHERLAND, R. and HOYLES, C. (1988). 'Gender perspectives on Logo programming in the mathematics curriculum.' In: HOYLES, C. (Ed) Girls and Computers, Bedford Way Papers 34. London: Institute of Education, pp. 40-63.
31. UNDERWOOD, T., MCCAFFREY, M. and UNDERWOOD, J. (1990). 'Gender differences in a co-operative computer-based language task', Educational Research, 32, 16-21.
32. UNDERWOOD, J. and UNDERWOOD, M.(1990). Computers and Learning: Helping Children Acquire Thinking Skills. Oxford: Blackwell.
33. WEBB, N. (1989). 'Peer interaction and learning in small groups', International Journal of Educational Research, 13, 21-39.
34. WEBB, N., ENDER, P. and LEWIS, S. (1986). 'Problem solving strategies and group processes in small groups learning computer programming', American Educational Research Journal, 23, 247-61.