Investigating Participant Structures in the Context of Science Instruction: A Special Issue of Cognition and Instruction

by Richard Lehrer (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 2004. This special issue of Cognition and Instruction features three manuscripts investigating particular aspects of classroom participant structures, specifically in the context of science instruction. Participant structures is a term introduced four decades ago to describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities regarding who can say what, to whom, and when in the course of classroom activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135479299
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/16/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Richard Lehrer, Annemarie Sulli Palincsar

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Special Issue: Investigating Part icipant Structures in the Context of Science Instruction; Chapter 2 The Teacher as Part ner: Exploring Part icipant Structures, Symmetry, and Identity Work in Scaffolding, Iris Tabak, Eric Baumgartner; Chapter 3 Dialogic Activity Structures for Project-Based Learning Environments, Joseph L. Polman; Chapter 4 Power in the Classroom: How the Classroom Environment Shapes Students' Relationships With Each Other and With Concepts, Lindsay L. Cornelius, Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl;