Learning and Instruction
2000 Volume 10, Number 5
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Learning in formal and informal contexts: conceptions and strategies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students
Gillian M Boulton-Lewis, Ference Marton, David C Lewis & Lynn A Wilss
Research suggests that students' approaches to learning and hence learning outcomes are closely related to their conceptions of learning. This paper describes an investigation into conceptions of... More
pp. 393-414
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Social and personal aspects of self knowledge: a balance of individuality and belonging
L.J Bornholt
Concerns with persistent self-stereotyping by adolescents about academic achievements and body image focus attention on sources of self concepts. A self categorization approach to self concepts... More
pp. 415-429
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Mediated activity in the primary classroom: girls, boys and computers
Helen Fitzpatrick & Margaret Hardman
Seven and 9-year-old children (n=120) worked in same or mixed gender pairs on a language-based computer and non-computer task, and their styles of social interaction were compared. At both ages,... More
pp. 431-446
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When Does Gender Matter? Interactions during Computer-based Problem Solving
Jean Underwood, Geoffrey Underwood & David Wood
Children worked in pairs or as individuals on a computer-based language problem-solving task, and their keyboard activities were monitored along with their discussions of the task. A total of 60... More
pp. 447-62
