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ERIC Number: EJ520642
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Social Interactions and the Mediation of Science Learning in Two Small Groups of First-Graders.
Shepardson, Daniel P.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v33 n2 p159-78 Feb 1996
Investigates the nature of small-group social interactions in the mediation of children's science learning. Reports that the teacher mediated the children's small-group science learning through discourse that negotiated children's status, actions, and meaning, as well as through discourse that established the normative structure of the small group. Contains 33 references. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Group Activities, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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