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Instructional Tasks, Classroom Discourse, and Students' Learning in Second-Grade Arithmetic.
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Hiebert, James; Wearne, Diana – American Educational Research Journal, 1993
Classrooms that used different instructional approaches to mathematics were observed, contrasting instruction that aimed to promote conceptual understanding rather than algorithmic skill with more conventional instruction. Results with 6 second-grade classrooms (135 students) suggest that relationships between teaching and learning are a function…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students
The Nature of Student Interactions during Peer Tutoring with and without Prior Training and Experience.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1994
Effects of previous training and experience in peer tutoring on student interactions were studied for 16 elementary school classes. Student dyads with experience and training in peer tutoring provided more interactional explanations and incorporated sounder instructional principles. In both situations, student explanations tended to be algorithmic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Concept Teaching, Context Effect