Collaborative learning is receiving increasing attention within educational
environments. With increasing use of technology to support collaborative techniques it
is critical that existing research in this area is expanded. This study was initiated to
examine and explore the perceptions of students relative to experiences within two types
of problem solving teams - one with a technology supported collaborative environment
and the other without such support. Rankings related to prior attitudes about
collaborative work-related issues and post-perceptions related to quality of discussions,
satisfaction with the group process, and satisfaction with outcome were collected using a
survey instrument containing Likert-scale statements. The data was analyzed using
correlations between prior attitudes and the aroremented post-perceptions.