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Identifying the Need to Intervene: Analysis and Representation of Interaction Patterns in Group Programming Learning

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Collaboration and Technology (CRIWG 2011)

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This paper focuses on a supporting strategy for enhancing distributed and computer-mediated group programming learning. Based on a real-world research setting that started two decades ago, we have exploited a particular context characterized by: (i) a close analysis of artifacts produced by learners; (ii) a collaborative approach to learning, combined with (iii) a team-based approach to programming; and (iv) the use of a Progressive Learning Scheme for group programming learning. These elements are discussed as rationale for the analysis and representation of forum-based discussion logs generated within a case study carried out with first year undergraduate computing students. This analysis allowed us to develop a means of coordinating group programming on a distributed, agent-based platform using group programming stereotypes from conversation analysis. These stereotypes were defined using interaction patterns within a process calculus.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

    Thais Castro & Alberto Castro

  2. School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Thais Castro & David Robertson

  3. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Thais Castro & Hugo Fuks

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  1. Instituto de Matemática, Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68.530, CEP 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Adriana S. Vivacqua

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, S7N 5C9, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Carl Gutwin

  3. Instituto de Matemática, Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68.530, CEP 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Castro, T., Robertson, D., Fuks, H., Castro, A. (2011). Identifying the Need to Intervene: Analysis and Representation of Interaction Patterns in Group Programming Learning. In: Vivacqua, A.S., Gutwin, C., Borges, M.R.S. (eds) Collaboration and Technology. CRIWG 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23801-7_13

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