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Yun, Sun Mi; Kim, Heui-Baik – Research in Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to interpret students' participation in terms of social and argumentation norms to improve understanding of social interaction in scientific argumentation. Therefore, the study sought to identify social and argumentation norms formed in group argumentation and to explore changes in students' participation as lessons…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Persuasive Discourse, Scientific Concepts, Science Education
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O'Brien, Mark – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article addresses a question for those seeking to deepen engagement with nontraditional students for strategies of widening participation in the higher education setting. The question is as follows: how can the academic subject be made more "open" to what the student (and therefore also the nontraditional student) can bring to it?…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Learner Engagement
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Hands, Catherine M. – School Community Journal, 2014
This study builds on existing research on school-community partnerships in middle and secondary schools by examining the roles of the students and the impact of social influences on their school-community liaising practices. Documents, observations, and 20 interviews with students, school leaders, teachers, and support staff from one urban,…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Student Role, Social Influences
Lipset, Seymour Martin – 1968
This is a report on a conference on "Students and Politics" held at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan from March 27-31, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars from various counstries who have been doing research on the nature and causal background of university student participation in politics. Some 36 papers…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Political Attitudes, Political Influences, Social Influences
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Meacham, Sarah S. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2007
In this article I discuss the emergence of practices of "hearing" in the midst of English language learning activities. I focus on listening activities during oral English lessons at two public high schools in Tokyo, Japan. One setting is a liberal arts high school. The other is a technical high school where students are trained in…
Descriptors: High Schools, Listening Skills, Foreign Countries, Liberal Arts
McCarthey, Sarah J. – 1996
This study followed each of three students in several different social contexts within an elementary classroom, analyzing their discourse from different theoretical perspectives. The social construction and reconstruction of students across different classrooms, tasks, and social contexts was examined, including the influence of constructs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship