Maroni2008

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Maroni2008
BibType ARTICLE
Key Maroni2008
Author(s) Barbara Maroni, Augusto Gnisci, Clotilde Pontecorvo
Title Turn-taking in classroom interactions: overlapping, interruptions and pauses in primary school
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Tag(s) classroom interaction, education, sequential analysis, turn-taking, primary school
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Year 2008
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Journal European Journal of Psychology of Education
Volume 23
Number 1
Pages 59–76
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DOI 10.1007/BF03173140
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Abstract

This paper examines the rhythm and the management of classroom interaction as an important constituent of a teaching-learning process. Twenty-three lessons in 12 classes (four 2nd grades, four 3rd grades and four 4th grades) of state primary schools spread all over Italy were observed and video taped for a total of 15 hours. The descriptive analysis of the collected data revealed a transformation of children’s and class interactivity and a change in the use of turn-taking strategies (overlaps, interruptions and pauses)—from 2nd to 4th grade. Additionally, it showed that: (1) speaker after overlap changes according to the type of overlap; (2) teachers differ from children in their turn-interrupting strategies (teacher interrupts with supportive and silent turns, whereas children with failed or simple interruptions); (3) log-linear analysis revealed that the next speaker was correlated both with the first speaker and pause duration, but these correlations were independent between them. For a more accurate interpretation of the results various aspects characterizing educational and school interaction were taken into account.

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