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Young Children's Collaborative Interactions In An Educational Computer Environment, Mohamad I. Shahrimin
Young Children's Collaborative Interactions In An Educational Computer Environment, Mohamad I. Shahrimin
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study investigated the collaborative interaction patterns exhibited by five-year old pre-primary children in an educational computer environment. The case study method was used in one pre-primary centre in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, to examine the patterns of collaborative interaction among young children whilst engaged with the computer. The one event case study was of the interactions exhibited by pre-primary children whilst engaged, in dyads, with the computer within a naturalistic classroom environment. This study involved three phases of data collection. Phase I consisted of observations and videotaping sessions, compilation of written observations, narrative descriptions and relevant field notes on …
The Role Of Children's Talk In Writing Development, Belinda Nelson
The Role Of Children's Talk In Writing Development, Belinda Nelson
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study is a 'snap shot' into the interactions and utterances of developing writers. It provides insight into the usefulness of talk, the need to model and encourage talk in the composing processes of children and also into the factors that impact on such talk making it more or less effective for young writers. The study observed six middle primary school students during the writing of two texts and recorded the accompanying talk. Classroom observations provided insight into the pedagogical and cultural influences within the writing contexts. Writing samples enabled each student's writing development to be analysed and became a …