Interpersonal Regulation of Learning and Motivation
is the first book in the field to focus on major methodological
advances in research on interpersonal regulation of learning and
motivation. Interest in developing ways of capturing the dynamics of
interpersonal regulation in real-life learning interactions is growing
rapidly. Understanding these dynamics is particularly timely given the
increased use of collaborative learning activities in schools and
university settings, as well as through face-to-face and computer
supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments.

While groups and collections of individuals in social interaction are
expected to bring their own motivations and goals to the learning
situations, it is also assumed that these are further shaped through
interaction, as the group activity evolves. Research methodology
publications in the field of learning, regulation and motivation are
still dominated by a focus on the individual. The study of collaborative
learning at both conceptual and methodological level has not
incorporated the significance of social regulatory processes of learning
and motivation. This is a new development in the field and one covered
by this book.

The book contains numerous illustrations of innovative:

• Methodological approaches to study and interpret the dynamics of interpersonal regulation
• Data sources and data representations to capture scaffolded instruction
• Theory-based analytic methods to investigate interactions in real-life collaborative learning
• Coding systems and social software tools for gathering and analysing interactive data.

Interpersonal Regulation of Learning and Motivation brings
together the work of scholars who have been studying interpersonal
regulation of learning and motivation at the boundaries of the
individual and the social, and who have made original methodological
contributions to the study of interactive learning environments. In
combination, their work provides a range of distinctive and original
conceptual and methodological contributions to this under-examined and
vital field of research, making this an essential read for any
researcher or student interested in collaborative learning and
motivation.