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Adler, Jill; Ronda, Erlina – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
We describe and use an analytical framework to document mathematics discourse in instruction (MDI), and interpret differences in mathematics teaching. MDI is characterised by four interacting components in the teaching of a mathematics lesson: exemplification (occurring through a sequence of examples and related tasks), explanatory talk (talk that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Models, Teaching Models
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Chin, Christine; Osborne, Jonathan – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This study explores how student-generated questions can support argumentation in science. Students were asked to discuss which of two graphs showing the change in temperature with time when ice is heated to steam was correct. Four classes of students, aged 12-14 years, from two countries, first wrote questions about the phenomenon. Then, working…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Questioning Techniques, Classroom Communication, Case Studies
French, Russell L.; Galloway, Charles M. – 1968
Classroom interaction may be described in terms of communication events, i.e., sequences of teacher-pupil communicative behaviors separated from preceding and succeeding sequences of behaviors by natural boundaries. Communication events may be institutional (related to managing the classroom and meeting the expectations of the institution), task…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Research, Group Dynamics