Effects of Computer Support for Collaborative Learning in STEM Education: A Research Synthesis

该项目由罗格斯大学的研究人员领导，将审查和综合2005年至2012年期间进行的计算机支持的协作学习（CSCL）的研究文献。项目团队将确定研究结果中的主要主题，分析CSCL研究对学习成果的影响，确定调节因素和趋势，综合主要经验教训，并确定我们知识中仍然存在的重要差距。将使用自动数据挖掘和文本分析来验证结果。该项目应导致一个框架，研究CSCL以及一套基于实践的设计原则，CSCL应如何在不同的教育环境中使用，无论是在课堂内外。鉴于利用技术支持STEM学习的快速发展，这种综合应有助于提供更广泛的历史背景，以了解它们，并鼓励未来更有针对性和有针对性的研究和开发。

The project, led by investigators from Rutgers University, will engage in reviewing and synthesizing the research literature on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) conducted between 2005 and 2012. The project team will identify major themes in the research results, analyze effects on learning outcomes in CSCL research, identify moderating factors and trends, synthesize major lessons learned, and identify important gaps that still exist in our knowledge. Automated data mining and text analysis will be used to validate results. The project should result in a framework for studying CSCL as well as an empirically-grounded set of design principles for how CSCL should be used in different educational settings, whether in or out of the classroom. Given the fast pace of development in the use of technology to support STEM learning, this synthesis should help give a broader historical context in which to understand them as well as encourage more directed and targeted research and development in the future.