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Collaborative Learning and the Construction of Common Knowledge.
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Elbers, Ed; Streefland, Leen – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2000
Examines how students construct shared understanding by exploring what interactive and discursive tools students use in their collaboration. Presents observations made during a series of innovative mathematics lessons in an eighth grade Dutch primary school classroom. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Elementary Education
Parental Cognitions, Parental Behavior, and the Child's Understanding of the Parent-Child Relationship.
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Dekovic, Maja; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Studied the relationship of parental reasoning complexity to parental behavior during parent-child interactions, and the effect of this relationship on children's social cognitions. Results indicate that parental reasoning complexity is related to parental behaviors of restrictive control, authoritative control, and support, which, in turn, are…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Rearing, Cooperation, Discipline
Effects of Cooperation on Spelling Achievement at Three Age Levels (Grades 2, 4, and 6).
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Wiersema, Bert; Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1992
Presents study results on the effects of students working in pairs on spelling in three different grades. Explains that students working individually were compared to students working in pairs. Reports less off-task behavior for the younger students working in pairs. Concludes that effort increases in pair work, but achievement increased only at…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education
In-Service Training for the Integrated Basic School. Team-oriented In-Service Training and School-Based Curriculum Development in the Netherlands for the 1980's.
Ligthart, Fred; van der Ree, Ben – 1981
The Netherlands' Basic School Education Act mandated that nursery and primary schools be structurally integrated into "basic schools" for children aged four to twelve by 1984. Inservice training courses, called IVB, were set up to prepare nursery and primary teachers for the new system according to the professional goals of continuity,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
A Case Study Research of the Support Actions and Activities of External School Consultants to New Basic School Innovative Schools. (School Support Study).
van Vilsteren, Cees A. – 1981
In the Netherlands, the immediate support and coaching of primary schools and kindergartens is institutionalized in a nationwide network of local and regional school support agencies. This research study sought information about the role and characteristics of external consultants and their relationship to the school. Explorative case studies were…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Counselor Characteristics
Dissemination of the Project's Findings. National Seminar (4th, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 19-20, 1988). The CDCC's Project No. 8: "Innovation in Primary Education."
van den Hoven, Gerard H. – 1989
A seminar was held in Reykjavik, Iceland for the purposes of disseminating results of the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation's (CDCC) Project 8, Innovation in Primary Education (IPE), and exploring issues in educational reform in Iceland, particularly the revision of the core curriculum. Participants were civil servants of the…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperation
Cross-National Study of Educational Attainment: Stage I of the I.E.A. Investigation in Six Subject Areas. Final Report. Volume I.
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Bloom, Benjamin S. – 1969
Twelve chapters describe an 18-nation study of educational attainment at the elementary and secondary school levels. Professional researchers participated in the project, developed through UNESCO and conducted under the auspices of educational research centers in Australia, Belgium, Chile, England, the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Civics, Cognitive Tests
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers