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Certo, Janine L. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
Many childhood educators are attempting to shift from the dominant "recitation" format of discussions found in today's classrooms. This study draws on reader response, and sociocognitive and sociocultural theories to investigate children's perceptions of social skills and leadership moves after participating in small-group discussions of…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Discussion Groups, Leadership, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Ely, Robert E.; Cohen, Jessica Strowbridge – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2010
It is important to use rich problem-solving tasks to develop students' understanding of important mathematical ideas (NCTM 2000). Rich tasks are complex, nonalgorithmic, and nonroutine, requiring reasoning, problem solving, and communication of thinking. Evidence has shown that using rich tasks in student-centered classrooms is especially…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Probability, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving