Collaborative learning has become an increasingly important part of education, but the research supporting it is distributed across a wide variety of fields including social, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology, instructional design, the learning sciences, educational technology, socio-cultural studies, and computer-supported collaborative learning. The goal of this book is to integrate theory and research across these diverse fields of study and, thereby, to forward our understanding of collaborative learning and its instructional applications.

Introduction: What is Collaborative Learning?: An Overview Angela O'Donnell & Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver I. Theoretical Approaches 1. Information Processing Approaches to Collaborative Learning Noreen Webb 2. Developmental Approaches to Collaborative Learning Susan Golbeck & Hebbah El Moslimany 3. Sociocultural Perspectives on Collaborative Learning: Towards Collaborative Knowledge Creation Kai Hakkarainen, Sami Paavola, & Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen 4. Theories of Cognition in Collaborative Learning Gerry Stahl II. Studying Collaborative Learning 5. Quantitative Methods for Studying Small Groups Ulrike Cress & Friedrich-Wilhelm Hesse 6. Multilevel Analysis for the Analysis of Collaborative Learning Jeroen Janssen, Ulrike Cress, Gijsbert Erkens, & Paul A. Kirschner 7. Qualitative Methodologies for Studying Small Groups Keith Sawyer 8. Conversation Analysis and Collaborative Learning Tim Koschmann 9. Verbal Data Analysis for Understanding Interactions Heisawn Jeong 10. Linguistic Analysis Methods for Studying Small Groups Iris Howley, Elijah Mayfield & Carolyn Penstein Rosé 11. Advancing Understanding of Collaborative Learning with Data Derived from Video Records Brigid J. S. Barron, Roy Pea, & Randi A. Engle 12. Mixed Methods for Analyzing Collaborative Learning Sadhana Puntambekar III. Instructional Issues and Approaches to Collaborative Learning 13. Cultivating a Community of Learners in K-12 Classrooms Katerine Bielaczyc, Manu Kapur, & Allan Collins 14. Motivation in Collaborative Groups Toni Kempler Rogat, Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, & Nicole DiDonato 15. Child Leaders in Collaborative Groups Brian Miller, Jingjing Sun, Xiaoying Wu, & Richard C. Anderson 16. Assessment in Collaborative Learning Jan Van Aalst 17. Collaborative Learning for Diverse Learners Adrian F. Ashman & Robyn M. Gillies 18. Learning Through Collaborative Argumentation Clark Chinn & Doug Clark 19. Organizing Collaborative Learning Experiences Around Subject Matter Domains: The Importance of Aligning Social and Intellectual Structures in Instruction Lindsay L. Cornelius, Leslie R. Herrenkohl & Jenna Wolfstone-Hay 20. The Group Investigation Approach to Cooperative Learning Shlomo Sharan, Yael Sharan, & Ivy Geok-chin Tan 21. Problem-based Learning: An Instructional Model of Collaborative Learning Cindy Hmelo-Silver & Christina DeSimone IV. Technology and Collaborative Learning 22. Designing Collaborative Learning Through Computer Support Vanessa Dennen & Chris Hoadley 23. Collaboration Scripts in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Frank Fischer, Ingo Kollar, Karsten Stegmann, Christof Wecker & Jan Zottmann 24. Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Chee-Kit Looi, Lung-Hsiang Wong, & Yanjie Song 25. Collaborative Knowledge Building: Towards a Knowledge Creation Perspective Carol Chan 26. Metacognition and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Phil Winne, Allyson Hadwin, & Nancy Perry 27. Collaboration in Informal Learning Environments: Access and Participation in Youth Virtual Communities Yasmin B. Kafai & Deborah A. Fields 28. Collaboration, Technology and Culture Jianwei Zhang