A discussion of human behavior is presented. The methods involved in planning the Institute, the teaching-learning process, and the experiences encountered by the participants are summarized. The document has three main parts. Part I contains lecture abstracts by invited speakers. Part II reviews the experiences of the Personal Interaction…

The performance of 144 pairs of college students on four successive concept attainment problems was assessed. A 3 x 2 x 2 x 4 factorial design with repeated measures on the last factor was used with the following variables: (a) type of interaction format (cooperation with discussion allowed during solution of the problems, cooperation with…

The study described in this volume investigated the talk of thirteen-year-old boys and girls, recorded while they were working in small groups on tasks set by their teachers. Specifically, research focused on the interplay between cognitive and communicative functions of speech in contexts planned for learning. "The Children and Their Talk"…