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Working in groups: social and cognitive effects in a special class
Author(s) -
Watson Judith
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8527.00113
Subject(s) - watson , mathematics education , psychology , social constructivism , unit (ring theory) , cognition , class (philosophy) , pedagogy , constructivist teaching methods , learning disability , social class , teaching method , developmental psychology , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , neuroscience , natural language processing , political science , law
Judith Watson, Reader in Education at the University of Edinburgh, considers the potential of social‐constructivist ideas of teaching and learning for pupils with learning difficulties and reports on the introduction of social learning experiences within a special unit for pupils with moderate learning difficulties.