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ERIC Number: EJ293066
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Research Currents: Peer Group Talk in Elementary School.
Wilkinson, Louise Cherry
Language Arts, v61 n2 p164-69 Feb 1984
Examines requests for information and action in peer-directed groups of children engaged in learning specific skills. Concludes that (1) children who use information requests effectively obtain higher test scores, (2) children can help each other learn, and (3) encouraging small group talk about a task promotes academic and social learning. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Oral Language, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Talk
Note: (Thematic Issue: Talk)