Through case studies, this book highlights the use of new analytical methodologies for studying the content and patterns of children's interactions and how these contribute to their construction of knowledge.

Introduction; Part 1 Studying classroom interaction and learning; Chapter 1 Classroom interaction, learning and teaching; Chapter 2 Perspectives on social interaction and learning; Chapter 3 An introduction to a method of analysis of classroom interaction; Part 2 Classroom interaction in action; Chapter 4 Children's oral language; Chapter 5 The nature of peer interaction during collaborative writing with word processors; Chapter 6 Children's talk in an early years classroom; Chapter 7 The dynamics of peer interaction in a geometrical problem-solving task; Chapter 8 The nature of students' social interaction and information processing in a multimedia-based learning situation; Part 3 Classroom interaction and learning; Chapter 9 Learning from the research; Conclusion;