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Peer Tutoring, Metacognitive Processes and Multimedia Problem-Based Learning: The Effect of Mediation Training on Critical Thinking
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Shamir, Adina; Zion, Michal; Spector_Levi, Ornit – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The main objective of the study reported was to explore the effect on young children's critical thinking of a peer-tutoring training embedded with the metacognitive processes required for problem-based learning and, consequently, for critical thinking. The sample consisted of 90 first- and third-grade pupils (45 pairs) randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Problem Based Learning, Young Children
The Effects of Peer Mediation with Young Children (PMYC) on Children's Cognitive Modifiability
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Tzuriel, David; Shamir, Adina – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Peer mediation with young children is a relatively novel approach aimed at teaching young children how to mediate to their peers. The main benefits of peer mediation are in developing children's mediation teaching style and cognitive modifiability. The peer mediation developed recently is based on Vygotsky's sociocultural and Feuerstein's…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 3, Learning Experience, Intervention
Peer Mediation: The Effects of Program Intervention, Maths Level, and Verbal Ability on Mediation Style and Improvement in Maths Problem Solving
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Shamir, Adina; Tzuriel, David; Rozen, Merav – School Psychology International, 2006
The objectives of the current study were to examine: (a) the effects of the Peer Mediation with Young Children (PMYC) program on mediators' and learners' mediation style in the context of maths teaching; and (b) the interaction effects of the intervention program, children's verbal ability, and maths level on pre-to post-intervention improvement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Mediation, Intervention, Mathematical Aptitude