This case study illustrates the sequential process of the joint and individual knowledge elaboration in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. The case comprised an Internet-based physics problem-solving platform. Six Dutch secondary school students (three males, three females) …

This study investigates the different effects of individual learning methods upon female and male students: learning with and without hints. It aims at exploring a way to narrow the gender gap in high physics education. Students were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group to solve the …