ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book suggests that many psychologists approach questions of learning equipped with one of two pervasive metaphors: computation or construction. It describes that psychological research into collaborative learning has made only modest progress. The book characterises children talking in ways that were variously successful in achieving shared knowledge, and describes computer-based problems that were variously successful in supporting their attempt to do this. It describes tinkering with a computer program in order that it might furnish such a referential anchor for pupils using it together. Finally, the book discusses collaborations that may be experienced through this technology.
