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Inscriptions becoming representations

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Richard Medina,

Daniel Suthers,

Ravi VatrapuAuthors Info & Claims

CSCL'09: Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 1

Pages 18 - 27

Published: 08 June 2009 Publication History

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This paper analyzes the interaction of three students working on mathematics problems over several days in a virtual math team. Our analysis traces out how successful collaboration in a later session was contingent upon the work of prior sessions, and shows how representational practices are important aspects of these participants' mathematical problem solving. We trace the formation, transformation and refinement of one problem-solving practice--problem decomposition--and three representational practices--inscribe first solve second, modulate perspective and visualize decomposition. The analysis shows how inscriptions become representations for the group through a historical trajectory of negotiation. This result is of theoretical interest because it shows how the practices underlying group cognition are contingent upon not only the immediate situation but also the chronologically prior resources and associated practices.

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Suthers DRosen DLong PSiemens GConole GGašević D(2011)A unified framework for multi-level analysis of distributed learningProceedings of the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge10.1145/2090116.2090124(64-74)Online publication date: 27-Feb-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2090116.2090124
Vatrapu RSuthers DMedina R(2009)Notational effects on use of collaboratively constructed representations during individual essay writingProceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 110.5555/1600053.1600078(165-169)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1600053.1600078
Medina R(2009)Intersubjective meaning making as representational practice in multimodal collaborative environmentsProceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning - Volume 210.5555/1599503.1599593(258-260)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1599503.1599593

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