The Social Function of Peer Press in Coproducing Knowledge: Student Engagement in Small-Group Learning

• In Event: Learning From and With Peers

Abstract

The present study follows a diverse group of middle school students and their teachers on a semester-long journey in learning about the civil rights movement. It explores the social function of peer press as an intellectual demand on the students for understanding and co-producing knowledge in small group learning activities.

Author

• Judy H. Tang, Westat