Social processes in children's learning / Paul Light and Karen Littleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Light, Paul, author.

Littleton, Karen, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in cognitive perceptual development ; 4.

Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning--Social aspects.

Learning.

Social interaction in children.

Group work in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 119 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, first published in 2000, is about children's learning and problem-solving behaviour. It reflects the increasingly close integration seen in recent years between social and cognitive approaches to researching the learning process. In particular, Paul Light and Karen Littleton examine the ways in which interactions between children influence learning outcomes. They begin by placing this topic in a broad theoretical and empirical context and go on to present a substantial series of their own experimental studies, which focus on children of late primary and early secondary school age. These investigations address peer facilitation of problem solving, social comparison effects on learning and social context effects upon the interpretation of tasks. Many of the studies involve computer-based learning but the findings have implications both for classroom practice and the understanding of the learning process. This book will be a valuable tool for researchers, teachers and practitioners interested in the social processes of children's learning.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Peer interaction and learning: perspectives and starting points; 2 Peers and puzzles: a first series of studies; 3 Computers and learning; 4 Kings, Crowns and Honeybears: a second series of studies; 5 Gender agendas; 6 Social comparison and learning; 7 Interaction and learning: rethinking the issues; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-115) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11443-8

0-511-01202-0

1-280-43214-4

0-511-17306-7

0-511-15201-9

0-511-31090-0

0-511-48986-2

0-511-05438-6

OCLC:

437063081