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Direct linkKhong, Thi Diem Hang; Saito, Eisuke; Gillies, Robyn M. – Educational Review, 2019
Classroom talk or verbal exchanges during lesson time play a central role in students' disciplinary understanding and intellectual development. It greatly influences not only what students learn but also how they learn it. Despite this, teachers can be unaware of teacher-student talk patterns and functions; thus, what is uttered during class time…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Dialogs (Language), Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Gillies, Robyn M.; Nichols, Kim; Khan, Asaduzzaman – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2015
Teaching students to use and interpret representations in science is critically important if they are to become scientifically literate and learn how to communicate their understandings and learning in science. This study involved 248 students (119 boys and 129 girls) from 26 grade 6 teachers' classes in nine primary schools in Brisbane,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Gillies, Robyn M. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2013
This study reports on the types of academic talk that contribute to enhanced explanatory responses, reasoning, problem-solving and learning. The study involved 10 groups of 3-4 students who were provided with one of three linguistic tools (i.e. Cognitive Questioning, Philosophy for Children and Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR)) to scaffold…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Communication, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Gillies, Robyn M. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
The study reports on the types of questioning strategies teachers use to promote thinking, problem-solving and reasoning during small group discussions. The study also reports on the types of discourses students use to problem-solve and reason during their small group discussions. An audiotape of one class lesson from the three teachers included…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Small Group Instruction
Thanh, Pham Thi Hong; Gillies, Robyn M.; Renshaw, Peter – Higher Education Review, 2011
This study investigated how university students behaved and interacted as they were grouped in large and small groups and while they engaged in intra-group and inter-group peer assessment. One hundred forty five students from two classes at a university in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam participated in this one-term study. The students worked in…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Cooperative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Gillies, Robyn M.; Khan, Asaduzzaman – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009
Teaching children to ask and answer questions is critically important if they are to engage in reasoned argumentation, problem-solving and learning. This study describes how teachers can be taught to challenge children's cognitive and metacognitive thinking during cooperative learning and the affect this has on children's discourse and follow-up…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
