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The Role of Pupil-Pupil Talk within Collaborative Group Work in Developing Mathematical Reasoning
Project leader: Julie-Ann Edwards
Project team included: Keith Jones, Keith Hirst
The aim of this project was to establish the role of pupil-pupil talk within collaborative group work in terms of developing the pupils' mathematical reasoning.
This project was supported by ESRC awards K00429713511 and R00429834557
For an annotated bibliography on collaborative peer talk in mathematics (last updated in November 1997), click here.
Publications (in date order)
Edwards, J. and Jones, K. (2003), Co-learning in the Collaborative
Mathematics Classroom. In: A. Peter-Koop, A. Begg, C. Breen & V.
Santos-Wagner (Eds.), Collaboration in Teacher Education: Examples from the
context of mathematics education. Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer. pp. 135-151. ISBN:
1402013922
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Edwards, J. (2002), Learning Mathematics Collaboratively:
Learning the skills. In: A. D. Cockburn and E. Nardi
(Eds), Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the International
Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol 2,
213-220, UEA, UK.
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Edwards, J. and Jones, K. (2001), Exploratory Talk within Collaborative Small
Groups in Mathematics, Proceedings of the British Society for Research into
Learning Mathematics, 21(3), 19-24.
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Edwards, J. and Jones, K. (2001), A Co-Learning Agreement to Support Classroom Research on Collaborative Peer Talk. Occasional Papers in Science, Technology, Environmental and Mathematics Education. Southampton: University of Southampton, pp …
Edwards, J. and Jones, K. (2000), Co-learning about the Role of Pupil-Pupil Talk in Developing Mathematical Reasoning in the Classroom, Occasional Papers in Science, Technology, Environmental and Mathematics Education. Southampton, University of Southampton, pp11-12.
Edwards, J. and Jones, K. (1999), Students' Views of Learning Mathematics in
Collaborative Small Groups. In: O. Zaslavsky (Ed), Proceedings of the 23rd
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education, Haifa, Israel, Volume 2, pp281-288.
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Edwards, J and Jones, K. (1998), The Contribution of Exploratory Talk to
Mathematical Learning. In: Olivier A (Ed), Proceedings of the 22nd
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Volume 4, p330.
[extended abstract].
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Conference Presentations
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME26), UEA, UK, 2002.
Conference of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, University of Southampton, November, 2001.
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME23), Haifa University, Israel,1999.
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME22), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1998.
Related CRME Projects
The Role of Friendship Groups as Mediators of Effective Mathematics
Learning in Secondary Schools
This project is supported by a University of Southampton Research Award, A2004/6
Selected Bibliography
Barnes, D. and Todd, F. (1977), Communication and Learning in Small Groups, London: Routledge.
Cohen, E. (1994), Restructuring the Classroom: conditions for productive small groups, Review of Educational Research, 64, 1-35.
Cohen, Elizabeth, Lotan, Rachel and Holthuis, Nicole. Talking and Working Together: Conditions for Learning in Complex Instruction. In Maureen Hallinan (Ed), Restructuring Schools: Promising Practices and Policies. New York, Plenum Press, 1995.
Damon, W. and Phelps, E. (1989), Critical Distinctions among Three Approaches to Peer Education, International Journal of Educational Research, 13(1), 9-19.
Dillenbourg, P. (Ed) (1999), Collaborative Learning: cognitive and computational approaches. Oxford: Pergamon.
Forman, E. A. and Cazden, C. B. (1985), Exploring Vygotskian Perspectives in Education: the cognitive value of peer interaction. In James Wertsch (Ed), Culture, Communication, and Cognition: Vygotskian perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gillies, R. M. and Ashman, A. F. (1996), Teaching Collaborative Skills to Primary School Children in Classroom-based Work Groups, Learning and Instruction, 6, 187-200.
Good, Thomas L., Mulryan, Catherine and McCaslin, Mary. Grouping for Instruction in Mathematics: a call for programmatic research on small-group processes. In Douglas A. Grouws (Ed), Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Johnson, David W., Maruyama, Geoffrey, Johnson, Roger T., Nelson, Deborah, & Skon, Linda. Effect of Co-operative, Competitive and Individualistic Goal Structures on Achievement: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 89 (Issue 1, 1981): 47-62.
Johnston, M. (1997), Theorizing Collaboration: Some Theoretical and Methodological Issues. In Marilyn Johnston (Ed), Contradictions in Collaboration: New thinking on School/University partnerships. New York: Teachers College Press.
Kapuscinski, P. (1997), The Collaborative Lens: a new look at an old research study. In Helen Christiansen, Linda Goulet, Caroline Krentz and Mhairi Maeers (Eds), Recreating Relationships: Collaboration and Educational Reform. Albany, State University of New York Press.
Lyle, S. (1996), An Analysis of Collaborative Group Work in the Primary School and the Factors Relevant to its Success. Language and Education, 10(1), 13-31.
Mulryan, C. M. (1994), Perceptions of Intermediate Students’ Cooperative Small-Group Work in Mathematics, Journal of Educational Research, 87, 280-291.
Solar, C. (1995), An Inclusive Pedagogy in Mathematics Education, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 28, 311-333.
Whicker, Kristina M., Boll, Linda and Nunnery, John A. Cooperative Learning in the Secondary Mathematics Class. Journal of Educational Research, 91 (Sept-Oct 1997): 42-48.
Wood, D. and O'Malley, C. (1996), Collaborative Learning between Peers: an overview, Educational Psychology in Practice, 11(4), 4-9.
Zajac, R. J. and Hartup, W. W. (1997), Friends as Co-Workers: research review and classroom implications, Elementary School Journal, 98(1), 3-13.
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