The Power of Literary Peer-Group Discussions: How Children Collaboratively Negotiate Meaning.

Leal, Dorothy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ470287

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Publication Date: 1993

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The Power of Literary Peer-Group Discussions: How Children Collaboratively Negotiate Meaning.

Leal, Dorothy J.

Reading Teacher, v47 n2 p114-20 Oct 1993

Discusses the major benefits that emerge for students and teachers when groups of six students discuss a book they are reading without teacher questions to structure and guide their interactions. Shows that books mixing narrative and exposition have the greatest potential to enhance student discussion. (SR)

Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Literature Appreciation, Reading Research, Self Directed Groups

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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