Study Name
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Design
Rating
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Strategy, Subjects, Effects
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Topics
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Study:
Alvermann, Young, Weaver, Hinchman, Moore, Phelps, Thrash, & Zaleweski.
Middle and high school students' perceptions of how they experience text-based discussions: A multicase study
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reading_7-8_6
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2 |
Strategy: Researchers looked at individual roles students play in a classroom discussion and how they perceive roles. Three rounds of classroom discussions were videotaped followed by three focal group interviews. Reserachers developed a procedure for recording, triangulating, analyzing and sharing observations.
Subjects: 5 studies; each with 13 to 23 English or history students; grades 8 to 12
Results: This study supports the need for teachers to move towards student- or learning-centered instruction instead of text- or teacher-centered instruction.
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Reading Topics:
• Comprehension
– Discussion
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Keywords:
discussion; participation
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Study Name
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Design
Rating
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Strategy, Subjects, Effects
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Topics
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Table information is abbreviated. Click "Read full review" links below for full citations of author and journal names and for details about the studies. |
Study:
Alvermann & Hynd.
Effects of interactive discussion and text type on learning counterintuitive science concepts.
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reading_9-12_17 |
5 |
Strategy: Determine usefulness of interactive discussion to help modify intuitive understandings of complex science concepts. Students randomly assigned to 1 of 6 conditions in a 3 x 2 factorial design. Treatment conditions: discussion web, question/answer worksheet and a control. Each student participated in large-group and small-group session. Two conditions required students to discuss in pairs. Discussion webs used to structure interactive discussions
Subjects: 86 9th graders in rural Georgia; 40% European American, 60% African-American
Results: No significance reported |
Reading Topics:
• Comprehension
– Discussion
Grades: 9-12
Keywords:
scaffolding; expository text; science |
Study:
Fall, Webb, & Chudowsky.
Group discussions and large-scale language arts assessments: Effects on students' comprehension.
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reading_9-12_18 |
4 |
Strategy: Peer collaboration (group discussion) during language arts assessment
Subjects: 504 10th graders in Connecticut public schools
Results: A substantial (statistically significant difference between discussion and no discussion test results) portion of student responses presented clear evidence of improvement after discussion. The results of this analysis show that there is a positive impact on the student's understanding of the story that is evident in changes in responses that follow discussion. |
Reading Topics:
• Comprehension
– Discussion
Grades: 9-12
Keywords:
collaboration; language arts; assessment |
Study:
Alvermann, Young, Weaver, Hinchman, Moore, Phelps, Thrash, & Zaleweski.
Middle and high school students' perceptions of how they experience text-based discussions: A multicase study
Read full review
reading_7-8_6
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2 |
Strategy: Researchers looked at individual roles students play in a classroom discussion and how they perceive roles. Three rounds of classroom discussions were videotaped followed by three focal group interviews. Reserachers developed a procedure for recording, triangulating, analyzing and sharing observations.
Subjects: 5 studies; each with 13 to 23 English or history students; grades 8 to 12
Results: This study supports the need for teachers to move towards student- or learning-centered instruction instead of text- or teacher-centered instruction.
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Reading Topics:
• Comprehension
– Discussion
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Keywords:
discussion; participation
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