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Chrysi Rapanta; Fabrizio Macagno; Gard Jenset – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
It is broadly admitted that social contexts of reasoning may prompt children and adolescents to improve the quality of their reasoning. However, it is not clear how this quality may be assessed when it comes to arguments expressed within oral interactions in diverse settings (whole-class or small-group discussions) by students of different ages…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Environment
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Sutherland, Julia – Literacy, 2006
One hundred and eighty British secondary school pupils aged 11-12 and their six trainee teachers in five schools participated in an action research project, designed to improve the quality of children's group talk in English lessons, particularly their engagement in higher-order thinking through "exploratory" talk. The programme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Preservice Teachers, Group Discussion