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Virtual reality (VR) is a useful tool for studying these behaviors, as it enables fine\u2010grained measurements of coordination in virtual social settings. In this work, we investigate collaborative behaviors in a large\u2010scale classroom VR dataset of space\u2010building activities (\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 146), focusing on dyadic synchrony and individual task engagement during the collaborative group activity. An analysis of collaborative behaviors over time revealed a U\u2010shaped pattern in head and hand synchrony, with a turning point occurring approximately two\u2010thirds into the activity. We found that the likelihood of dyads temporally aligning their object editing behaviors (i.e., nonzero vs. zero synchrony scores) and whether they actively created, edited, or deleted objects all followed an inverted\u2010U shape over time, peaking around midway through the activity. We further analyzed synchrony and task engagement both as possible indicators of individual dispositions (i.e., previous extended reality [XR] and design experiences) and social context (i.e., group size), and also as behavioral signals for how individuals perceive their group members and collaborative outcomes. The findings revealed that collaborative behaviors such as object edit synchrony are shaped by previous XR experience, group size negatively predicted the frequency of object creation, and that the frequency of object deletion is positively associated with perception of group closeness. 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