2007
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701582231
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Improving the effectiveness of collaborative group work in primary schools: effects on science attainment

Abstract: This longitudinal research tests the effectiveness of the SPRinG programme, which was developed through a collaboration between researchers and teachers and designed to provide teachers with strategies for enhancing pupil group work in 'authentic' classroom settings. An evaluation study involved comparing pupils in SPRinG classrooms and trained in group work skills with those who were not in terms of science attainment. There were 560 and 1027 pupils (8-10 years) in the experimental and control groups respecti… Show more

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“…Dialogic pedagogy has a direct participatory imperative, seeking to legitimise and develop contributions from all parties in classroom interactions (Nystrand et al 2003); a central intention is Bto foster learner agency, whereby students collaborate with others in seeking understanding, building from their own ideas and allowing other ideas and opinions to mediate and modify their thinking^ (Flitton and Warwick 2012: 3). There is also evidence of subject learning gains as a result of a dialogic pedagogy (Baines et al 2007;Rojas-Drummond et al 2010;Rojas-Drummond and Mercer 2003). Indeed, encouraging findings described as being moderately secure have recently been reported from a UK-based efficacy trial involving almost 5000 students (EEF 2017).…”
Section: The Connected Fields Of Studymentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Dialogic pedagogy has a direct participatory imperative, seeking to legitimise and develop contributions from all parties in classroom interactions (Nystrand et al 2003); a central intention is Bto foster learner agency, whereby students collaborate with others in seeking understanding, building from their own ideas and allowing other ideas and opinions to mediate and modify their thinking^ (Flitton and Warwick 2012: 3). There is also evidence of subject learning gains as a result of a dialogic pedagogy (Baines et al 2007;Rojas-Drummond et al 2010;Rojas-Drummond and Mercer 2003). Indeed, encouraging findings described as being moderately secure have recently been reported from a UK-based efficacy trial involving almost 5000 students (EEF 2017).…”
Section: The Connected Fields Of Studymentioning
confidence: 93%
“…collaboration abilities). When students experienced the task as demanding or easy they start to work more cooperatively in a group and the group work functions as an object (Baines et al, 2007;Gillies, 2003;Johnson & Johnson 2004;Summers et al 2005). In these situations the students have opportunity to social but not academic knowledge.…”
Section: The Interactionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The results also show that teachers' settings of the problem and how the students manage the interaction processes in the group are important to what competencies students are exposed to and what they thereby are able to learn. From a learning perspective when using group work it is of advantage to let the mode function as a mean and let it be a base for obtaining both academic knowledge and collaboration abilities (Baines et al, 2007;Gillies, 2003;Johnson & Johnson 2004;Summers et al 2005).…”
Section: Didactical Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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