Children's Collaboration Styles in a Newtonian Microworld

TurboTurtle is a animated multi-user microworld that children use to explore concepts in Newtonian physics. It is a groupware system where students, each on their own computer, can simultaneous control the microworld and gesture in a shared view. Observations of pairs of young children using TurboTurtle highlight extremes in collaboration styles, from conflict to smooth interaction. Keywords Computer supported collaborative learning, microworlds.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Andy Cockburn, Saul Greenberg
• Keywords: Animated Multi-user Microworld, CHI 1996, Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Shared View