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The Nature of Peer Interaction in the Social Context Created by the Use of Word Processors.

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Kumpulainen, Kristiina – Learning and Instruction, 1996

Studies with 8 children in the United Kingdom and 30 in Finland show that verbal interactions of children doing collaborative writing with a computer are highly task-related and characterized by exchange of information, questioning, judging, organizing, and composing. Exploratory and argumentational use of language was found to be low. (SLD)

Descriptors: Children, Collaborative Writing, Context Effect, Cooperative Learning

Collaborative Writing with Computers and Children's Talk: A Cross-Cultural Study.

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Kumpulainen, Kristiina – Computers and Composition, 1994

Examines ways primary-aged children in the United Kingdom and Finland socially construct writing while using computers. Finds children's talk to be highly task-related and to concern mostly composing, not ways in which to use the computer. Suggests that ways in which children interact and write while using computers are embedded in wider…

Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Collaborative Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Cross Cultural Studies