The Use of Textbooks as a Tool during Collaborative Physics Learning.

van Boxtel, Carla; van der Linden, Jos; Kanselaar, Gellof

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ERIC Number: EJ625774

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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The Use of Textbooks as a Tool during Collaborative Physics Learning.

van Boxtel, Carla; van der Linden, Jos; Kanselaar, Gellof

Journal of Experimental Education, v69 n1 p57-76 Fall 2000

Studied how features of student interaction and the way an individual student contributes to that interaction relates to the improvement of conceptual understanding in the domain of physics, focusing on the use of textbooks during collaborative work. Results for 56 high school students show that the use of textbooks had a negative effect on elaboration and coconstruction during student interaction. (SLD)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, High School Students, High Schools, Interaction, Learning Strategies, Physics, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue titled "Learning with Peers: Multiple Perspectives on Collaboration."