International Journal of Educational Research
2003 Volume 39, Number 8
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 11
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The intertextuality of children's explanations in a technology-enriched early years science classroom
Kristiina Kumpulainen, Satu Vasama & Marjatta Kangassalo
This study examines the sociocultural trajectories of children's conceptual thinking in a technology-enriched early years science classroom (N=22). Of specific analytic interest is the... More
pp. 793-805
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Connecting discourses: intertextuality in a primary school CSCL practice
Judith Kleine Staarman, Cor Aarnoutse & Ludo Verhoeven
This article investigates the multimodal discourses taking place in a primary school computer supported collaborative literacy environment, in which face-to-face talk in pairs is combined with... More
pp. 807-816
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The role of IRF exchanges in the discursive dynamics of e-mail tutored interactions
Marcelo Giordan
Initiation, response and follow-up (IRF) exchanges produced by a student and his tutor in an internet-based tutorial interaction have been analysed in terms of the multifunctional characteristics... More
pp. 817-827
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Using e-mail to support reflective narration
Bregje de Vries & Hans van der Meij
This article presents an exploratory study of e-mail use for reflective narration. Narration is viewed from three perspectives: the narrating act, the narrative statement, and the story. These... More
pp. 829-838
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The process of understanding the task: how is agency distributed between students, teachers and representations in technology-rich learning environments?
Ingvill Rasmussen, Ingeborg Krange & Sten R. Ludvigsen
In this article, we explore how students’ agency relates to both highly structured and open-ended learning environments. This is done by analysing how students’ understanding of tasks evolves... More
pp. 839-849
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Stand-alone computers supporting learning dialogues in primary classrooms
Rupert Wegerif, Karen Littleton & Ann Jones
This paper focuses on three distinctive ways in which educational software can support learning dialogues in primary classrooms. After a re-capitulation of published research on Initiation,... More
pp. 851-860
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The effects of communication medium on argumentation and the development of critical thinking
Richard Joiner & Sarah Jones
The aim of this paper is to compare the effects of different communication media on the quality of arguments and the development of argumentative reasoning. The study involved 73 undergraduate... More
pp. 861-871
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Socialised subjectivity: exploring the ‘double reality’ of a doctorate of education (EdD) bulletin board
Julia Gillen
This paper approaches the theme of this special issue, the distinctive contribution of new technologies to collaborative thinking and learning, through an analysis of postings to an EdD bulletin... More
pp. 873-884
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Literacies through media: identity and discourse in the process of constructing a web site
Héctor Del-Castillo, Ana Belén García-Varela & Pilar Lacasa
In this research note we explore how children construct their identity in the context of a literacy practice: developing written and audio-visual texts in small-group situation to be published on... More
pp. 885-891
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Collaborating and creating on music technologies
Teresa Dillon
Across all UK secondary school subject areas the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has changed the nature of learning. Music education now includes the use of... More
pp. 893-897
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Commentary on: deliberation with computers: exploring the distinctive contribution of new technologies to collaborative thinking and learning
James V. Wertsch
pp. 899-904