According to the ideas that define the changes of the contemporary education in Poland, school should not be an institution focused only on teaching, but it also should develop the urge to learn in students, to help them in their self-development and self-realization.
To conceptualize questioning it may be best to define the word by its basic meanings. The American Heritage Dictionary (1991) defines a question as “an expression of inquiry that invites or calls for a reply”.
This report focuses on the teaching of communication, language and literacy to children aged between 3 and 5. It may also be relevant for older pupils who have fallen behind their peers, or for younger pupils who are making rapid progress.
The Sutton Trust’s Missing Talent report found that 15 per cent of previously high attaining pupils at key stage 2 (KS2) failed to achieve in the top 25 per cent at GCSE, and that this group of ‘missing talent’ is more likely to include students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Adult life requires a range of skills in order for people to flourish, both in the workplace and in their daily lives, from the confidence and motivation to seek challenges and complete tasks, to the interpersonal skills that aid teamwork and other social interactions.
Collaborative Reasoning discussions are intended to create a forum for children to listen to one another think out loud as they learn to engage in reasoned argumentation.
he purpose of this study was to extend this research by examining the influence of additional factors, in particular, achievement goals and comprehension monitoring, on low achieving students’ constructive activity after receiving help from a high achieving peer.
We illustrate how and why cognitive load theory, by adding these concepts, can throw light on collaborative learning and generate principles specific to the design and study of collaborative learning.
Thinking and reasoning processes such as problem solving, decision making, and the like have been identified as legitimate and even necessary 21st century skills. Making inferences is the foundation to many higher-level thinking processes.
