Re: Following up on the IRE

Ellice A Forman (ellice+ who-is-at pitt.edu)
Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:42:41 -0500 (EST)

Judy's reflections on Eugene's examples of the IRE in a peer tutoring
situation remind me of my research on peer collaboration. Judy says, "
The fourth grader, by authorizing 'a goal' that incorporates the younger
student's ideas, is potentially unsettling the definition of what the
classroom lesson is about." Also, she adds, "Whose hands are on the helm?"

I have frequently seen the goals of collaborative problem solving
change--sometimes in line with one partner, sometimes in line with the
other (depending upon whose hands are on the helm) and sometimes with the
goals of one being incorporated by the other.

I have written about this in several places but two are my chapter (with
Jean McPhail) in the Contexts of Learning book and my article (with Jorge
Larreamendy-Joerns) in the most recent issue of Cognition and Instruction.

Ellice Forman