Computers and Talk in the Primary Classroom

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Acknowledgements
Contributors
A Note on Transcriptions
Introduction: Computers, Talk and Learning	p. 1
The Importance of Talk	p. 13
Educationally Important Types of Children's Talk	p. 22
Developments in Exploratory Talk and Academic Argument	p. 38
A Dialogical Framework for Researching Peer Talk	p. 49
Talk Round Adventure Games	p. 65
Children's Talk and Computer Software	p. 81
Children's Talk and Computer Software: A Response to Fisher	p. 99
Tinker Town: Working Together	p. 113
Tinker Town: Reading and Re-reading Children's Talk Round the Computer	p. 133
The Gender Issue: Is What You See What You Get?	p. 151
Children as Researchers Using CD-ROM Encyclopaedias	p. 168
Factors affecting the Quality of Children's Talk at Computers	p. 177
Teaching Talking	p. 189
Scaffolding Through Talk	p. 196
Improving Group Work at Computers	p. 211
Computers, Talk and Learning: An Intervention Study	p. 226
References	p. 239
Index	p. 249
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