Individual and Distributed Cognitions in Interdisciplinary Teamwork: A Developing Case Study and Emerging Theory

Sharon J. Derry; Lori Adams DuRussel; Angela M. O'Donnell

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Individual and Distributed Cognitions in Interdisciplinary Teamwork: A Developing Case Study and Emerging Theory

Sharon J. Derry
, Lori Adams DuRussel
, Angela M. O'Donnell

Graduate School of Education, Education Psychology

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Abstract

We present a developing distributed cognition theory of interdisciplinary collaboration that incorporates concepts from both situated cognition and information-processing theory. This theoretical framework is being refined as it is used for analyzing interdisciplinary collaboration within the National Institute for Science Education (NISE). Our analyses are intended to improve scientific understanding of collaborative processes that influence productivity and quality of interdisciplinary work within the NISE and beyond. A critical group meeting in the early development of one interdisciplinary working team is analyzed using language and ideas from our theoretical perspective.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	25-56
Number of pages	32
Journal	Educational Psychology Review
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022806130931
State	Published - 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Keywords

Collaboration
Distributed cognitions
Information-processing
Interdisciplinary
Situated cognitions

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