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Direct linkElbers, Ed; de Haan, Mariette – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
In this article, we examine the construction of word meaning by students during collaborative activities in a multicultural classroom at a Dutch primary school. The analysis is based on recordings of student talk in small groups of four or five students during mathematics lessons. Difficulties with specific terms and expressions frequently arose…
Descriptors: Semantics, Learning Activities, Classroom Communication, Minority Group Children
Peer reviewedDe Haan, Mariette; Elbers, Ed – Comparative Education Review, 2005
Understanding diversity in classrooms is becoming more and more politically relevant and complex, at least in Europe and the United States. The reasons for this include the variable school achievement levels among students of different (ethnic) groups, the growing demographic disparity in background between the teachers and their students, and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Student Diversity
