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Introducing Talk and Writing for Conceptual Change: A Classroom Study.

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Mason, Lucia – Learning and Instruction, 2001

Studied the introduction of talk and writing to stimulate and sustain conceptual change in science in a class of 12 Italian fourth graders. Data show that reasoning and arguing collaboratively and writing to express and reflect on conceptualizations are useful tools in the knowledge revision process. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Thinking Skills

Parental Processes and Self-Concepts Effect the Academic Achievement of Italian Students.

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Verna, Marilyn Ann; Spina, Maria – 2002

This study investigated factors that contribute to the mathematics and reading achievement of students in Italy. The Walburg Productivity Model (H. Walburg, 1984) served as a framework to analyze the interconnections among family processes, family structure, and socioeconomic status. Campbells Differential Socialization Paradigm (J. Campbell,…

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement