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Cooperative Learning: A Partnership between an EPS and a School
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Davison, Les; Galbraith, Ian; McQueen, Mark – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
In this paper, the authors outline a project that they initiated in a mainstream primary school to promote cooperative learning throughout the school by using a lesson process to teach social and emotional skills. In doing so they provide a brief overview including research of the benefits of cooperative learning, followed by a description of how…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Schools
Co-Operative Learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Mainstream and Special Class Settings: An Exploratory Study
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Grey, Ian M.; Bruton, Cora; Honan, Rita; McGuinness, Roisin; Daly, Michael – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a cooperative learning (CL) intervention on the levels of social and task engagement of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) conducted in a mainstream class setting and a child with ASD implemented in a special needs class setting. The target children were two 8-year-old boys…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
A Scheme to Promote Social Attention and Functional Language in Young Children with Communication Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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Smith, Carolyn; Goddard, Sarah; Fluck, Michael – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2004
This paper describes an approach to intervention that aims to foster the skill of young children with autistic spectrum disorder to share social attention and action to promote socially meaningful communication. It applies principles derived from research into pre-linguistic development. The efficacy of the approach was evaluated through both a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Communication Skills, Autism, Intervention
Cross-Age Peer Tutoring of Thinking Skills in the High School
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McKinstery, Janie; Topping, Keith J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
Teaching thinking skills has been characterised by the teacher-directed "embedded", "infusion" and "bolt-on" approaches, for which outcomes have been mixed. Peer tutoring in thinking skills offers a fourth way of wide applicability. This study evaluated such a method (Paired Thinking) in a high school setting. A…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, Peer Teaching, Tutoring