Temporality matters: Advancing a method for analyzing problem-solving processes in a computer-supported collaborative environment

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Kapur, Manu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Event based process analysis; Lag sequential analysis; Temporal methods; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952194494     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-011-9109-9     Document Type: Article

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