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ERIC Number: EJ534860
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Small-Group Discussion in Physics: Peer Interaction Modes in Pairs and Fours.
Alexopoulou, Evinella; Driver, Rosalind
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v33 n10 p1099-1114 Dec 1996
Investigates how Greek secondary school students interacted in pairs and fours while discussing and attempting to explain physical phenomena. Results indicate that students progressed significantly more in their physics reasoning after participation in fours than in pairs. Discourse analysis in different groupings suggests that differences were related to the more constrained modes of interaction in pairs. (16 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Physics, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Greece