Supporting productive disciplinary engagement (PDE) in low-achieving students is an important but challenging goal in education. This study used a knowledge-building inquiry approach augmented by reflective assessment to facilitate low-achieving students' PDE. A quasi-experimental design method was employed to examine the effects of reflective…

Summary writing is an important skill that students use throughout their academic careers, writing supports reading and vocabulary skills as well as the acquisition of content knowledge. This exploratory and development-oriented investigation appraises the recently released online writing system, "Graphical Interface of Knowledge…

Many educational programmes in societies affected by armed conflict aim to promote dialogic engagement as a fundamental aim and pedagogy for social reconstruction. Despite supporting government policies, classrooms show very little or no evidence of dialogic practices where learners (co-)construct knowledge with peers and engage in critical and…