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Wenli Chen; Qianru Lyu; Junzhu Su – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Background: Collaborative learning is widely applied in real-world classrooms while young learners still have challenges engaging in high-quality knowledge co-construction processes. Researchers suggested an individual preparation activity before collaboration. However, there remains a limited understanding of the role of individual preparation on…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Elementary School Students
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Zhong, Zheng; Wang, Jun; Deng, Yaxin; Jin, Shuaizhen; Feng, Sijia; Li, Ruining – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Many studies have explored the effect of grouping and task distribution strategies in collaborative learning in the conventional condition, for example, grouping based on student's learning style, gender diversity, and motivation, but few studies have investigated the impact of heterogeneous grouping with mixed gender and ability factors and the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Liu, Wenhui; Wang, Cixiao – Educational Technology & Society, 2022
In science classrooms, technology affordance varies depending on device-student ratios (DSR) and the ways virtual manipulatives on mobile devices are used. Additionally, external scripts (ES) are widely used to promote effective group interaction in collaborative learning. Therefore, this research explored the influence of DSR and ES on…
Descriptors: Science Education, Grade 6, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Dobson, Tom – Gender and Education, 2015
Identity studies relating to writing in educational setting have tended to focus on the analysis of non-fiction texts. Aligning a Bakhtinian view of language with the concept of identity as participation in "figured worlds" [Holland et al. 1998, "Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds". London: Harvard University Press], this…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Males, Creative Writing, Identification (Psychology)
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Lin, Ya-Fen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The purpose of the study aimed to investigate the effect of the Readers Theater (RT) training on elementary school students. In particular, changes in the students' English reading comprehension before and after the RT show, comparison of the students' responses to English learning, especially English reading, the students' opinions on the RT…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Mills, Kathy A. – Australian Educational Researcher, 2006
Communication in society today is characterised by rapidly changing and emergent forms of meaning-making in a context of increased cultural and linguistic diversity. The need to teach these new literacy practices referred to as multiliteracies, is now embedded within systemic policies in Australia. This research paper is a response to these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Literacy, Cultural Pluralism