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Reeder, Stacy L.; Abshire, George E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
On entering Mr. Wilson's seventh-grade classroom, the authors immediately noticed the students talking about mathematics and their teacher listening to them. To create an interactive learning environment that would stimulate and perpetuate discourse, Wilson discussed two main issues with his students: (1) What the students and teacher would do in…
Descriptors: Discussion, Interaction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Mathematics Instruction
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Retnowati, Endah; Ayres, Paul; Sweller, John – Educational Psychology, 2010
This study compared the effects of worked example and problem-solving approaches in individual or group work settings on learning to solve geometry problems. One hundred and one seventh graders from Indonesia were randomly allocated to four experimental groups using a 2 (problem-solving vs. worked examples) x 2 (individual vs. group study) design.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning
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Bock, Marjorie A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2007
This study examined the effect of a social-behavioral learning strategy intervention (Stop-Observe-Deliberate-Act; SODA) on the social interaction skills of one middle school student with Asperger syndrome (AS). More specifically, the study investigated the effect of SODA training on the ability of one student with AS to participate in cooperative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Behavior, Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship
Namukasa, Immaculate; Simmt, Elaine – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the activities of collective learning structures. Drawing from ecological-complexity theory it elaborates on a theoretical framework for observing and acting upon collective learning. To interpret the relation between individual action, social interaction and the collective cognitive domain we adopt the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Ecology, Interaction, Educational Environment