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Grau, Valeska; Lorca, Amaya; Araya, Carolina; Urrutia, Sofía; Ríos, Dominga; Montagna, Pietro; Ibaceta, Miguel – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
Collaborative group work has been recognized as a way of fostering the development of metacognition and self-regulation. Moreover, it has been claimed that these regulatory processes have an interpersonal level in which the regulation of the activity is shared with others (Iiskala et al., 2004). There has also been a considerable body of research…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cooperative Learning, Metacognition, Interpersonal Relationship
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Preiss, David D.; Grau, Valeska; Torres Irribarra, David; Calcagni, Elisa – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
This paper presents the results of an observational study developed on lessons taught by 128 teachers for a national teaching assessment program in Chile and whose practice was identified as outstanding. Specifically, we studied which strategies teachers used to promote students' self-regulation and autonomy during segments involving teacher-led…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Whitebread, David; Grau, Valeska; Somerville, Matthew P. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
As indicated in the introductory article, this special issue has attempted to represent and illustrate developments in theoretical, methodological, and empirical work related to the role of primary classroom dialogue in supporting children's self-regulation. The articles included report studies carried out in the United Kingdom and Chile (two…
Descriptors: Correlation, Metacognition, Cross Cultural Studies, Teaching Methods
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Larrain, Antonia; Freire, Paulina; Grau, Valeska; López, Patricia; Salvat, Ignacia; Silva, Maximiliano; Gastellu, Vicente – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
Experimental evidence has shown the effect of peer-group argumentation on scientific concept development. However, questions regarding how and why it happens remain. The aim of this study is to contribute, with experimental evidence gathered in naturalistic settings (classrooms), to the understanding of the relationship between peer-group…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Pretests Posttests, Scientific Concepts, Peer Relationship
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Preiss, David D.; Grau, Valeska; Ortiz, Dominga; Bernardino, Michelle – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
We review recent research about the development of creativity in South America focusing on studies of individual differences in creativity and educational and developmental studies of children and adolescents' creativity. Most South American researchers are influenced by mainstream psychometric approaches, although computational and cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Individual Differences, Children
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Preiss, David Daniel; Calcagni, Elisa; Grau, Valeska – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
The article reviews recent classroom research developed in South America related to child and adolescent development. We review work about three themes: ethnicity, school climate and violence, and the learning process. The few studies found on ethnicity and classroom experiences told a story of invisibility, if not exclusion and discrimination.…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries