Contact: Support for Distributed Cooperative Writing

Using Cooperative Group Feedback and Cooperative Group Writing in Writing Classes

The present study compared the effect of cooperative group feedback and cooperative group writing techniques in writing classes. Accordingly, 90 male and female intermediate English language learners sat for a sample piloted Preliminary English Test and 60 who scored one standard deviation above and below the mean were selected as the main participants. Both groups were taught the same course b...

Pedagogical Utility of Cooperative Writing Technique through Performance-oriented Classroom Structure

There is controversy on the conditions under which cooperative learning methods can improve academic achievement. Group-specific motivational aspects might contribute to the effectiveness of cooperative learning among which classroom goal structures were focused on. More specifically, the study aimed at investigating the efficiency of cooperative writing technique through performance versus mas...

Comparing Competitive and Cooperative Content-Based Instruction in Reading and Writing Classes

The Comparative Effect of Practicing Cooperative Learning and Critical Thinking on EFL Learners’ Writing

Supporting Collaborative Writing of XML Documents

Synchronisation of replicated shared data is a key issue in collaborative writing systems. Most existing synchronization tools are specific to a particular type of shared data, i.e. text files, calendars, XML files. Therefore, users must use different tools to maintain their different copies up-to-date. In this paper we propose a generic synchronization framework based on the operational transf...