Computer Supported Collaboration: Is the Transfer of Cognitive Structures Mediated by Mode of Communication?
Description:
The objective of this study was to observe evidence of structural transfer among subjects in a group problem-solving activity and determine whether mode of collaborative technology or use of a priming agent affected the nature of transferred structures. Evidence for structural transfer is found in three theoretical perspectives: organizational ditransitive (linguistic) verb structures, adaptive structuration theory, and mental model transfer theory. Dependent variables included various grammati…
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Date:
May 2002
Creator:
Bandy, Kenneth E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries