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ERIC Number: EJ139956
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Discussion Strategies and Student Cognitive Skills
Nelson, Miles A.; Abraham, Eugene C.
Science Education, 60, 1, 13-27, Jan-Mar 76
Studied the effect of classroom verbal interactions between teachers and students on the development of skills important in process-oriented elementary science curricula. Both suburban and inner-city sixth-grade students increased their ability to infer when they were exposed to a probing, rather than a nonprobing, discussion strategy. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, General Science, Inquiry, Instruction, Science Education
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