Kristiina Kumpulainen is a Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland., David Wray is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick.

• 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;

Kristiina Kumpulainen is a Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland., David Wray is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick.

• 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;

Kristiina Kumpulainen is a Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland., David Wray is Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick.

• 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;