Study on the Group Cohesion Force in Collaborative Knowledge Building Activity

Group cohesion force is the attraction of the group to its members and the attraction among members of the collaborative group. It is very important for collaborative knowledge building activities. This paper analyzes the development of the group cohesive force in the collaborative knowledge building process with social measurement method. The results show that with the continuous implementing of collaborative knowledge building activities in blended learning environments, the post-test group cohesion force of all groups involved in collaborative knowledge building activities was significantly higher than the pre-test.