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Hong, Jung Eun; Loux, Taylor; Huh, Sojung; Jo, Injeong – Geography Teacher, 2022
Discussions are one of the activity types that help students build their content-related background knowledge, understanding, and concepts through various communication approaches. Students express and share their perspectives and ideas with other students through a small- or large-group discussion. The formats of discussions may vary; they may be…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Human Geography, Learning Activities, Secondary School Curriculum
Kristin Krogh Arnesen; Kirsti Rø – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2024
The paper addresses the potential relationships between shared authority in mathematics classrooms and students' mathematical reasoning. Even though tensions and challenges related to shared authority are explicated in the literature, there are few examples of how these issues play out in mathematics teaching. We investigate the case of a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction
Fan Ouyang; Ning Zhang; Yunqing Chen; Xingjiang Shao – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2025
Collaborative discussion-supported writing (CDSW) provides opportunities for students to develop arguments and counterarguments through peer communications with a goal to promote a high-quality argumentative essay. Cognitive scaffoldings can be used to facilitate students' collaborative discussions. However, there is a lack of investigation on the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Group Discussion, Writing (Composition), Peer Influence
Bernard T. Drumm; Ronan Bree; Caoimhin S. Griffin; Niall O’Leary – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Laboratory practicals in life science subjects are traditionally assessed by written reports that reflect disciplinary norms for documenting experimental activities. However, the exclusive application of this assessment has the potential to engage only a narrow range of competencies. In this study, we explored how multiple modes of laboratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Biological Sciences, Science Laboratories
Qian Wu; Pengpeng Feng; Mingyue Michelle Gu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Working with peers in small groups is conducive to learning, and collaborative learning has been widely adopted in second language classrooms. Leadership, defined as the initiative taken to influence others in a group, plays a significant role in successful teamwork, but has not received due attention in research on collaborative peer work. To…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning
Yi Song; Ralph P. Ferretti; John Sabatini; Wenju Cui – ETS Research Report Series, 2024
Collaborative learning environments that support students' problem solving have been shown to promote better decision-making, greater academic achievement, and more reasonable argumentation about controversial issues. In this research, we developed a technology-based critical discussion platform to support middle school students' argumentation,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Interaction
Kelly Laas; Christine Z. Miller; Eric M. Brey; Elisabeth Hildt – Research Ethics, 2025
Student researchers encounter ethical issues daily, but little is known about their unique perspectives. This article presents the results of 30 qualitative semi-structured interviews exploring students' views and experiences around ethical issues in research groups. During the interviews, students were asked to describe challenges and successes…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Training
Yi Song; Ralph P. Ferretti; John Sabatini; Wenju Cui – ETS Research Institute, 2024
Collaborative learning environments that support students' problem solving have been shown to promote better decision-making, greater academic achievement, and more reasonable argumentation about controversial issues. In this research, we developed a technology-based critical discussion platform to support middle school students' argumentation,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
Bailey-Hughes, Brenda – Management Teaching Review, 2021
This article outlines a unique student activity designed to close the gap between students' perceived and actual communication and team behavior during virtual group meetings. The Communication Audit exercise requires that students record an online small group meeting and then review the recording while categorizing each verbal remark into…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Meetings, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
McCarron, Graziella Pagliarulo; Olesova, Larisa; Calkins, Brianna – Online Learning, 2021
Previous studies have contextualized student-led, asynchronous online discussions as collaborative learning experiences that positively impact students' learning and foster higher order cognitive skills. From a leadership education perspective, student-led discussions have come to the fore as a helpful resource for deepening learning because of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Asynchronous Communication, Cooperative Learning, Discussion Groups
Ragupathi, Kiruthika; Yeo, Zi Hui; Loy, Hui Chieh – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2022
To promote the development of critical thinking abilities in an introductory undergraduate humanities course in the context of mass higher education, we implemented a course design that employed a series of scenario-based multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and informal peer discussions. Using an online survey to gather perception data and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Large Group Instruction, Humanities
Murphy, Jackie; Swartzwelder, Kay; Serembus, Joanne; Roch, Shauna; Maheu, Shannon; Rockstraw, Rocky; Leggieri, Alyssa – Journal of Educators Online, 2021
Creating an engaging online course where students feel part of an online community can be challenging even for the most experienced online educator. Online discussions are a common tool used to connect students in online courses, but it is often limited to text-based posts. This international research study compared the use of text-based versus…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Sense of Community, Group Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication
Alexandra Joosse; Adam Barger – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Research shows that a cohesive classroom community, or the relationships built between students within a classroom setting, leads to a long list of positive student outcomes in higher education. This research seeks to better understand how to build cohesion in a classroom community, a goal that has become even more urgent given the student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Sense of Community, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
Scott E. Dobrin – HAPS Educator, 2023
The brain organizes somatosensory experience based on the body location from which it originated and the pathway by which in arrived. Here, I present a classroom discussion-based activity centered around the concept of a phantom limb to allow students to explore how cortical representation of sensory experience can be altered. The goal of the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Drug Therapy
Turkkila, Miikka; Lommi, Henri – Education Sciences, 2020
This paper presents two novel network methods developed for education research. These methods were used to investigate online discussions and the structure of students' background knowledge in a blended university course for pre-service teachers (n = 11). Consequently, these measures were used for correlation analysis. The social network analysis…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Online Courses, Group Discussion, Knowledge Level