Scientific discourse of citizen scientists: Models as a boundary object for collaborative problem solving.
In this study, we examine the nature of scientific discourse among participants enrolled in two citizen science projects as they engage in collaborative modeling and problem solving. Specifically, we explore the nature of their conversation as they use, the Mental Modeler, an online collaborative mo...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 87; pp. 480 - 493 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Oct2018
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