Talk and the Development of Reasoning and Understanding

By Neil Mercer. Human Development, 2008

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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Professional learning networks: From teacher learning to school improvement? (2020, background): “In these dialogues knowledge is exchanged and developed to enhance understanding and problem-solving (Mercer 2008).”
Promoting reasoned argumentation, problem‐solving and learning during small‐group work (2009, background): “Given the importance social constructivism attaches to the role of the more able person, in this case, the teacher, mediating students’ learning (Mercer, 2008; Palinscar & Herrenkohl, 2002; Vygotsky, 1978), this study demonstrates that it is important that teachers are provided with the ‘tools’ to e”
Relations Between Teacher Questioning and Student Talk in One Elementary ELL Classroom (2015, background): “Mercer (2008a) argues for a sociocultural discourse analysis of classroom talk patterns to consider “the role of long term constancies and how they constrain, afford and intrude into moment by moment activity” (p. 38).”
Dialect, interaction and class positioning at school: from deficit to difference to repertoire (2013, background): “Classroom dialogue is crucial to learning (Vygotsky 1978; Alexander 2005; Mercer 2008; Lefstein and Snell 2011b).”
Promoting academically productive student dialogue during collaborative learning (2017, background): “In summary, studies by Mercer (2000, 2008), Rojas-Drummond and Mercer (2003), Resnick et al. (2010), Michaels et al., 2008, Kuhn (2009, 2016), Webb (2009), Webb and Mastergeorge (2003), Webb et al. (2008), Webb et al. (2014) highlight the importance of discourse-intensive interaction where teachers…”
A framework for analyzing the collaborative construction of arguments and its interplay with agency (2012, background): “In this capacity, the teacher assists the students as they learn to collaborate effectively and use “exploratory talk” as a cultural and psychological tool to contribute to their development of reasoning (Mercer, 2008; Mercer, Daws, Wegerif, & Sams, 2004).”