L’apprendimento linguistico cooperativo in contesti plurilingui Strategie dell’apprendente e dell’insegnante

This article takes into account results from two classroom research projects and analyses validity and effectiveness of dialogical cooperative techniques for plurilingual education. The first experimental study focuses on language learning strategies developed by pupils in plurilingual classrooms, such as translanguaging, repetition, avoidance and metalinguistic strategies, whereas the second study concerns teachers’ strategies in modifying and adapting their talk to support the language learning process of students.

Applying Cooperative Techniques in Teaching Problem Solving

Teaching how to solve problems – from solving simple equations to solving difficult competition tasks – has been one of the greatest challenges for mathematics education for many years. Trying to find an effective method is an important educational task. Among others, the question arises as to whether a method in which students help each other might be useful. The present article describes part of an experiment that was designed to determine the effects of cooperative teaching techniques on the development of problem-solving skills.