Social Processes in Children's Learning: 4 (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 4) - Hardcover

Light, Paul; Littleton, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521593085 ISBN 13: 9780521593083

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"The studies presented and discussed have a gentle progession from the simple to the more complex, thus taking along the average reader. The material is compact and scholarly with helpful illustrations. It is well referenced and it is itself a very valuable reference on the impact of social interaction on learning in school age children." The Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review

Book Description

This book, first published in 2000, is about children's learning and problem-solving behaviour, and addresses the ways in which interactions between children influence learning outcomes. It describes a series of experiments conducted with groups of school children by the authors. The findings have implications for classroom practice and the understanding of the learning process.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521593085
• ISBN 13: 9780521593083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 142