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ERIC Number: EJ383250
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Effects of Participatory Expectations in Classroom Discussion on the Learning of Science Vocabulary.
Stahl, Steven A.; Clark, Charles H.
American Educational Research Journal, v24 n4 p541-55 Win 1987
To assess the effects of discussion on vocabulary learning, 38 children in two intact fifth-grade classes were divided into three subgroups and taught science vocabulary on three successive days. The discussion subgroup outperformed a non-discussion subgroup and a subgroup that anticipated involvement in discussion but was instructed without discussion. (TJH)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Science Instruction, Student Participation, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987).