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Supporting Group Work in Scottish Primary Classrooms: Improving the Quality of Collaborative Dialogue
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Christie, Donald; Tolmie, Andrew; Thurston, Allen; Howe, Christine; Topping, Keith – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009
A large body of research has demonstrated the value of fostering peer interaction in the context of collaborative group work as an effective strategy to facilitate learning. The present study attempted to enable teachers in a varied sample of 24 Scottish primary classrooms to improve the quality of collaborative group work interaction among their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning, Classroom Communication