Abstract of

Issues and Trends in Literacy
Shifts in the Conversation: Teacher-led, Peer-led, and Computer-mediated Discussions

Linda B. Gambrell

Rsearch and classroom implementation of computer-mediated discussion of text are providing new insights about discussion and learning and are raising issues of great importance about how discussion can lead students toward a better understanding of text.

Abstract from Gambrell, L.B. (2004, October). Shifts in the Conversation: Teacher-led, Peer-led, and Computer-mediated Discussions. The Reading Teacher, 58(2), 212–215. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.2.9