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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Sadler, Troy D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study examines cognitive and social processes in group interactions that shape collaborative learning in science classrooms. Three small groups of students were observed while working collaboratively on explaining the burning of a candle under a jar. The learning environment served as a context for examination of conceptual convergence, a…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Interaction Process Analysis, Social Environment, Educational Change
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Tobin, Kenneth; Gallagher, James J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on a study of the interactions of students in Australian high schools and was designed to focus on "target students" who monopolized whole class interactions. Students who were asked by teachers to be target students tended to have higher formal reasoning ability and achievement levels than the other students. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Communication Research, Dialogs (Language)