This study proposes a new method named the IIS-map-based method for analyzing interactions in face-to-face collaborative learning settings. This analysis method is conducted in three steps: firstly, drawing an initial IIS-map according to collaborative tasks; secondly, coding and segmenting information flows into information items of IIS; thirdly,…

This study determined the sociometric status of "referred" children (with emotional and/or learning problems) and "stable" children enrolled in a mainstreamed preschool program in an effort to determine whether mainstreaming affects the social interaction among preschoolers functioning at different developmental levels. Two separate experiments…