Hmelo-Silver, CindyJeong, HeisawnFaulkner, RooseveltHartley, Kylie2016-12-292016-12-292017-01-04978-0-9981331-0-2http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41405Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) research has become pervasive in STEM education over the last several decades. The research presented here is part of an ongoing project to construct a meta-synthesis of CSCL findings in STEM domains. After a systematic search of the literature and article coding, cluster analysis results provided a frame for sampling from this literature in order to examine effects of CSCL. This preliminary meta-synthesis addresses the three key pillars of CSCL: the nature of collaboration, the technologies that are employed, and the pedagogical designs. CSCL tools and pedagogies typically improve collaborative learning processes along with achieving other learning and motivational goals.10 pagesengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalcomputer-supported collaborative learningresearch synthesistechnology-rich learning environmentsConference Paper10.24251/HICSS.2017.251