Research on Online Collaborative Problem-Solving in the Last 10 Years: Current Status, Hotspots, and Outlook—A Knowledge Graph Analysis Based on CiteSpace

Peijie Jiang, Xiaomeng Ruan, Zirong Feng, Yanyun Jiang and Bin Xiong ()
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Peijie Jiang: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Xiaomeng Ruan: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Zirong Feng: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Yanyun Jiang: School of Future Education, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519088, China
Bin Xiong: School of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: Collaborative problem-solving is a crucial skill to be developed in education. With the development of information technology, collaborative problem-solving in online environments has received increasing attention in recent years. There has been some foundation of research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and collaborative problem-solving (CPS). They both have a focus, but there is a trend to combine them. Further understanding of the current state of research on online collaborative problem-solving is much needed. This study reviews 528 relevant papers from the last decade. The researchers summarized the current state of research and hotspots in online collaborative problem-solving based on the visual analysis of CiteSpace. It was found that the number of papers on online collaborative problem-solving is on the rise, with CPS and CSCL as the main research content and ‘feature extraction’, ‘task analysis’, and ‘computation modeling’ as the hot research topics in the past three years. The current research power on CPS and CSCL is mainly distributed in China and the United States, but the inter-institutional collaboration is little. Based on the research results, this paper proposes four future directions to improve the research in online collaborative problem-solving: identity awareness in online collaborative problem-solving, interdisciplinary online collaborative problem-solving, online collaborative problem-solving for teachers, and online collaborative problem-solving and ICT skills.

Keywords: online collaboration; problem-solving; learning methods; computer-assisted instruction; information and communication technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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