Rupert Wegerif

TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that adherence to the ground rules helped groups solve the reasoning test problems and children's individual scores on the Raven's test also improved, while a marked shift in target children's use of language in accord with the aims of the teaching programme was observed and analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, an experimental teaching program was designed to enable children in British primary schools to talk and reason together and to apply these skills in their study of science, and the results indicated that children can be enabled to use talk more effectively as a tool for reasoning and that talk-based activities can have a useful function in scaffolding the development of reasoning and scientific understanding.

TL;DR: It is argued that the social dimension is important to effectiveness of Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs) and needs to be taken into account in the design of courses and recommendations are made for the support of community building in theDesign of courses.

TL;DR: The authors explored the theory that individual reasoning ability, as measured using standard reasoning tests, has part of its origin in dialogue with others and found that exploratory talk can improve group reasoning.

TL;DR: In this article, the challenge of the changing chronotope is addressed in the context of teaching thinking with information and communication technology (ICT) technology, education, and Enlightenment in the classroom.