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Peer reviewedToma, Chikako; Rogoff, Barbara – Discourse Processes, 1997
Contrasts two models of instruction: building on ideas in shared endeavors; and transmit-and-test formats. Discusses how these contrasting formats may relate to interactional patterns observed in toddlers and caregivers in a Mayan and a middle-class European-American community; and elementary school children in Japan and the United States. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Education, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Differences
