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Peer reviewedTobin, Kenneth; Malone, John – Australian Journal of Education, 1989
In 3 of 5 Australian grade 8 math classes, 5 students, most high ability males, dominated teacher-student interactions in whole-class activities. These students' involvement was facilitated by behaviors of teachers and students and by management problems prevailing in these classes. In a fourth class the teacher systematically involved a larger…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedTobin, Kenneth; Gallagher, James J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on a study of the interactions of students in Australian high schools and was designed to focus on "target students" who monopolized whole class interactions. Students who were asked by teachers to be target students tended to have higher formal reasoning ability and achievement levels than the other students. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Communication Research, Dialogs (Language)
