On line cooperation in the primary school: sources, skills and methods

This paper discuss a research project with the aim to create a didactic path based on the use of Didactic Technologies within a context of Cooperative Learning, a didactic strategy which seeks to develop positive interactions in a work group. The checklist, designed for the observation of the social skills related to the activities of Chatting, File Sharing, Blackboard Sharing, is based on the assumption that a difference exists with regard to the social skills that emerge in the context of the traditional classroom. The sample consists of a total of 32 subjects, 17 girls and 15 boys, aged between 8 and 9 years old, from four Italian primary school classes. The children were divided in two pairs for the experimental sessions. Statistical analyses led to the confirmation of the research hypothesis.