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ERIC Number: EJ508559
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Influence of Social Interaction on Cognition: Connected Learning in Science.
Lundeberg, Mary Anna; Moch, Susan Diemert
Journal of Higher Education, v66 n3 p312-35 May-Jun 1995
A study investigated the relationship of social interaction and learning among women college students in a supplemental instruction program for science featuring a collaborative classroom structure. It was found that this culture of community and cooperation promoted intellectual risk-taking and connected understanding of concepts. Some new ways of teaching science are suggested. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Science, Concept Formation, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Females, Higher Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Risk, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Social Influences, Supplementary Education, Womens Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking