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Peer reviewedWistedt, Inger; Martinsson, Mats – Learning and Instruction, 1996
A study of interactions among Swedish intermediate-grade students as they solved a nonstandard mathematics task confronting the phenomenon of infinity shows that the children can reach a considerable understanding of the problem by contextualizing the problem in different ways. The collective orchestration of problem variations results in enhanced…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Comprehension, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedSaljo, Roger – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Some preliminary observations relating to problems of the semiotic mediation of reality through linguistic tools are presented and discussed in light of the experiences of 12- to 13-year-old Swedish students interpreting a table of postage rates. Learning to use such a tool is a genuinely social phenomenon. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBagga-Gupta, Sangeeta – Learning and Instruction, 2002
Studied secondary language learning and literacy practices for Swedish deaf bilingual students for whom Swedish Sign Language is the primary language and written Swedish is the secondary language. Observations in schools for the deaf over 3 years show how everyday classroom interaction makes available and restricts opportunities for students to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Deafness, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedWyndhamn, Jan; Saljo, Roger – Learning and Instruction, 1997
An experiment involving 14 small groups of Swedish students (usually 3 per group) aged 10, 11, and 12 years shows that these students acting in groups and creating shared contextualizations were able to solve mathematics word problems calling for real-world knowledge. Research has shown students acting alone to have difficulty with the same types…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGranstrom, Kjell – Learning and Instruction, 1995
Explanations and accounts used by teachers in 4 team meetings to make decisions about 12 pupils with learning and social disabilities were studied. Teachers, under certain circumstances, were able to apply an elucidative model based on shared explanations, but they often used a more restricted model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSahlstrom, Fritjof; Lindblad, Sverker – Learning and Instruction, 1998
How student work is constructed in the classroom and how science lessons are related to the construction was studied with two Swedish female students in grades 8 and 9. Differences in their grades and social networks seemed to be mirrored in their classroom interactions. The meaning of "science" for these students differed from usual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Females
