Abstract
This paper suggests that online collaborative environments like Knowledge Forum provide an important arena for students to exercise their ability to formulate reflective ideas. A discourse analysis of three primary 4 classes' verbal and written activities during a two-week science unit showed that, during online activities there was a significant increase in the number of words students used to answer questions and a higher diversity in the types of questions and answers online as compared to those in the classroom discourse.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 77-78 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL |
| Issue number | PART 3 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Event | International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences: Cre8ing a Learning World - 8th International Conference for the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2008 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 23 Jun 2008 → 28 Jun 2008 |