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ERIC Number: EJ205652
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Conflict in the Classroom: Controversy and Learning.
Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T.
Review of Educational Research, v49 n1 p51-69 Win 1979
Research indicates that classroom controversy facilitates student problem solving, creativity, perspective taking, epistemic curiosity, conceptual conflict, and transition in stages of cognitive and moral reasoning. Thus, creating controversy is an important teaching strategy for increasing learning and intellectual development. Conditions affecting outcomes of controversy are summarized. (RD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Creative Development, Curiosity, Incidental Learning, Intellectual Development, Learning Processes, Perspective Taking, State of the Art Reviews, Student Participation, Student Teacher Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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