The ways in which students and teachers communicate in the classroom must be examined and taken into account as a factor of the child's cognitive development. The communication is what helps enrich a child's learning. Classroom discourse can either help facilitate or hinder developmental modes of learning. 

Discourse and cognitive development

Classroom discourse refers to the types of communication going on in the classroom. Language is a key component of how people acquire knowledge, so the communications going on in a classroom are very influential in cognitive development. 

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Classrooms help construct ideas and meaning because there are a specific set of guidelines that social interactions in classrooms follow. There is also a particular dynamic between teacher and student that guides the formation of ideas. The asymmetrical relations within classroom conversations also helps influence this process of constructing ideas and meaning. 

Classrooms constructing ideas

Perret-Clermont, A. N., Carugati, F., & Oates, J. (2004). A socio-cognitive perspective on learning and cognitive development. In Cognitive and language development in children (pp. 303-332). The Open University & Blackwell.

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