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Nystrand, Martin; Gamoran, Adam – 1988
It has been noted that students have an influential role in determining the nature of classroom events in the middle grades and that their teachers adjust their classroom behavior in response to the characteristics of students in the class. This paper analyzes instruction as discourse between teacher and students and the collaborative nature of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis