A case study of online instructional collaborative discussion activities for problem-solving using situated scenarios: An examination of content and behavior cluster analysis

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 712-719

  Hou, Huei Tse ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Learning communities

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; COGNITIVE ASPECTS; COGNITIVE SKILL; COGNITIVE STRUCTURES; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION FORUM; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING COMMUNITY; LEARNING PROCESS; MEDICAL CASE; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SITUATED LEARNING; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 78650172546     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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