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Boyd, Maureen; Kong, Yiren – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
Reasoning words are linguistic features associated with classroom exploratory talk as students talk-to-learn, explore ideas, and probe each other's thinking. This study extends established research on use of reasoning words to a fourth- to fifth-grade literature-based English language learning context. We examined frequency and patterning of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students