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ERIC Number: EJ351405
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Role of Target Students in the Science Classroom.
Tobin, Kenneth; Gallagher, James J.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v24 n1 p61-75 Jan 1987
Reports on a study of the interactions of students in Australian high schools and was designed to focus on "target students" who monopolized whole class interactions. Students who were asked by teachers to be target students tended to have higher formal reasoning ability and achievement levels than the other students. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Communication Research, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Student Characteristics, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia; Classroom Interaction Data