In this study I investigated how collaborative interactions influence problem-solving
outcomes. Conversations of twelve 6th-grade triads were analyzed utilizing quantitative and …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

This chapter considers how scaffolding with fading as one of its integral components relates
to distributed intelligence more generally. As CA Stone highlighted and I. Tabak highlights …

Contributors Indigo Esmonde, University of Toronto; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University;
Wolff‐Michael Roth, University of Victoria; Dan L. Schwartz and Jessica Tsang, Stanford …

Over the past decade, design experimentation has become an increasingly accepted mode
of research appropriate for the theoretical and empirical study of learning amidst complex …

Our goal is to provide an overview of important aspects of human learning that are
particularly relevant to educators. Doing so represents an exciting but difficult challenge …

This article seeks to sharpen current conceptualizations of interests and engaged
participation, and to derive lessons for the design of interest-driven science learning …

The focus of our chapter is on current research-based understandings of professional
engineering work. We argue for the relevance of these understandings to engineering …

One of the burning questions that people ask about video games, including most parents
we've told about our study of young people playing video games in their homes, is whether …

In applying traditional game theory to multiplayer computer games, not enough attention has
been given to actual player practice in local settings. To do this, the author describes a team …