An Exploration of Teacher Practices in Relation to Profiles of Small-Group Dialogue

Educators, policy makers, and researchers have long called for moving away from purely teacher-centered instruction and toward involving students as more active participants in classrooms (Hiebert & Grouws, 2007). A key idea is for students to explain and justify their thinking and connect with...

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Hauptverfasser: Noreen M. Webb, Megan L. Franke, Angela C. Turrou, Marsha Ing
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Zusammenfassung:Educators, policy makers, and researchers have long called for moving away from purely teacher-centered instruction and toward involving students as more active participants in classrooms (Hiebert & Grouws, 2007). A key idea is for students to explain and justify their thinking and connect with the ideas of others rather than simply giving answers or describing procedures. Explaining their own thinking and receiving explanations from others can help students internalize principles, construct specific inference rules for solving problems, become aware of misunderstandings and lack of understanding (Chi, 2000; Cooper, 1999; Roscoe & Chi, 2007), reorganize and clarify material in their own