Richard Anderson

This project will test the efficacy of a fully developed intervention, Collaborative Reasoning, that is designed to boost the conceptual understanding, thinking skills, language, and motivation of learners, particularly African American and Latino/a students. Collaborative Reasoning activities include both discussions and group work and are designed to promote open, free-flowing, peer-managed discussions that are intended to help develop critical and reflective thinking. By participating i...

In this project, the researchers developed two integrated environmental and public policy units for use with Collaborative Reasoning, an education intervention using intellectually engaging classroom discussion to improve students’ ability to comprehend, evaluate, and produce arguments. These units were developed to help teachers integrate Collaborative Reasoning into their content-based courses. After completing the development of the units, the researchers carried out a pilot study t...