Topics and Manner of Talk in Undergraduate Practical Laboratories.

Tapper, J.

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ERIC Number: EJ584644

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Topics and Manner of Talk in Undergraduate Practical Laboratories.

Tapper, J.

International Journal of Science Education, v21 n4 p447-64 Apr 1999

Presents the results of an analysis of science-classroom lab talk which focuses on topics and manner of talk as an approach to understanding the social context of undergraduate lab work. Argues that lab instructors should pay attention to how "scientific" the lab talk is, and to sociability among students. Contains 32 references. (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments, Language Research, Microbiology, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Social Science Research, Sociolinguistics, Sociology

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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