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Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning (Hardcover)
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Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning (Hardcover)
Series: Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education Series
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The contribution of this volume to the literature on peer learning
is its focus on approaches that reflect a common concern with
cognitive processes based in developmental, information processing,
or more generally, constructivist perspectives on peer learning.
Although the clear importance of the social context of peer
learning is not ignored, the volume's emphasis is on the cognitive
growth that occurs within the learning environment.
Any discussion of peer learning involves consideration of who is
learning, how the role of peers with whom one works can be
conceptualized, what it is that peers learn together, what changes
as a result of the interaction, and how we can know what occurs in
groups or what has been learned. The chapters in this book speak to
these questions. The key question underlying many of these others
is why we should worry about the intricacies of peer interaction.
Both the practical and theoretical reasons for doing so are
delineated.
The developmental theory presented in the Introduction lays the
foundation for the later descriptions of specific techniques,
though many of the techniques reflect a range of other influences
as well. Part I presents the implications of the work of two major
theorists in cognitive development, Piaget (Ch. 1) and Vygotsky
(Ch. 2). In Part II, six chapters describe a variety of peer
learning techniques or models of collaboration, many of which are
influenced by the work of Piaget and Vygotsky. The chapters in Part
III consider the role of the teacher and the skills needed when
using peer learning as an instructional strategy. The Conclusion
points to areas in which further research is needed.
This volume is based on original papers presented by the
contributing authors in November 1996 at the Rutgers Invitational
Symposium on Education on "Cognitive Skills and Learning With
Peers."
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