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Analyzing group coordination when solving geometry problems with dynamic geometry software

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Abstract

In CSCL research, collaborative activity is conceptualized along various yet intertwined dimensions. When functioning within these multiple dimensions, participants make use of several resources, which can be social or content-related (and sometimes temporal) in nature. It is the effective coordination of these resources that appears to characterize successful collaborative activity. This study proposes a methodological approach for studying coordination of resources when solving geometry problems with dynamic geometry software. The aim is to suggest a methodological lens to capture both the content-related and social discourse within the context of geometry problem solving using dynamic geometry software. As an example, the paper also provides an analysis of a dyad’s face-to-face interaction using the suggested framework.

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Coordination Geometry problem solving Dynamic geometry software Qualitative inquiry Face-to-face collaboration 
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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the six anonymous reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Education, Department of Computer Education and Educational TechnologyBogazici UniversityIstanbulTurkey

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