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Using Dialogic Talk to Teach Mathematics: The Case of Interactive Groups
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Díez-Palomar, Javier; Olivé, Joan Cabré – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
This article explores the types of interactions that take place within "Interactive Groups" when individuals come to a meaningful understanding of mathematics. We discuss the possibility for dialogic talk to unveil the process of learning, and we explore the role that tutors may play in making this process happen. We postulate that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods
Children's Intent Participation in a Pediatric Community of Practice
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Rindstedt, Camilla; Aronsson, Karin – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2012
This study analyzes informal learning, drawing on video recordings of staff-child interaction in a pediatric unit. It is shown that even very young patients engage in intent community participation, carefully noting fine variations in examination and treatment practices. They orient to everyday routines in successively more complex ways, gradually…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Patients, Communities of Practice, Informal Education
The Loyal Member Effect: On the Preference for Ingroup Members Who Engage in Exclusive Relations with the Ingroup
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Castelli, Luigi; De Amicis, Leyla; Sherman, Steven J. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The goal of this article was to investigate an indirect form of intergroup differentiation in children in the context of racial attitudes: the preference for ingroup members who interact positively with other ingroup members rather than with outgroup members. Study 1 confirmed this general hypothesis with preschool and 1st-grade children,…
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Intergroup Relations, Interaction Process Analysis, Preschool Children
Shaping Academic Task Engagement with Percentile Schedules
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Athens, Elizabeth S.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; St. Peter Pipkin, Claire C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of percentile schedules as a method of quantifying the shaping procedure in an educational setting. We compared duration of task engagement during baseline measurements for 4 students to duration of task engagement during a percentile schedule. As a secondary purpose, we examined the influence on…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Referral, Intervention, Behavior Problems
Children with Autism Display More Social Behaviors after Repeated Imitation Sessions.
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Field, Tiffany; Field, Tory; Sanders, Chris; Nadel, Jacqueline – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
This study explored the effects of repeated sessions in which an adult imitated the behaviors of a child with autism. During the three sessions the 10 children showed progressively greater social involvement and interaction with the adult. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Imitation, Interaction Process Analysis
A Social Validation Assessment of the Use of Microswitches with Persons with Multiple Disabilities.
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Oliva, Doretta; Marziani, Monia; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
This study examined the social validation of using microswitches versus interaction/stimulation conditions with persons with multiple disabilities. Teacher-assistant trainees and rehabilitation staff (n=72) were shown videotapes comparing the two methods and then scored both approaches. The microswitch condition was viewed as generally more…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Contact: Effects of an Intervention Program To Foster Harmonious Interactions between Deaf-Blind Children and Their Educators.
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Janssen, Marleen J.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; Van Dijk, Jan P. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This study examined the effects of an intervention program to improve the quality of daily interaction between six congenitally deaf-blind children and their 14 educators (teachers, caregivers, and mothers). With video analysis as the most important tool, the interaction coaches trained the educators to recognize the children's signals and attune…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Congenital Impairments, Deaf Blind