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ERIC Number: EJ517164
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Constructive Activity and Learning in Collaborative Small Groups.
Webb, Noreen M.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n3 p406-23 Sep 1995
Student behaviors that best predicted mathematics learning in peer-directed small groups among students who needed help were studied with 166 seventh graders. Tape recordings of student interaction confirmed that receiving explanations and carrying out constructive activity were predictors of achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Grade 7, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Peer Relationship, Prediction, Small Group Instruction, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Explanations
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 1992). Support provided by the National Science Foundation (Grant MDR 87-51309), the University of California, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (Grant R117G10027).