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Analysis of Verbal Interaction Between Teachers and Students in Middle School Science Classroom  

Choi, Kyung-Hee (Ewha Womans University)
Park, Jong-Yoon (Ewha Womans University)
Choi, Byung-Soon (Korea National University of Education)
Nam, Jeong-Hee (Pusan National University)
Choi, Kyung-Soon (Ewha Womans University)
Lee, Ki-Soon (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.24, no.6, 2004 , pp. 1039-1048 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze verbal interaction between teachers and students in order to collect qualitative data on the characteristics of the interaction to enhance teaching efficacy. Total of 12 classes of eight science teachers were observed and were interviewed. The classes were video taped and all the verbal interactions were transcribed. The transcribed content and interviews were further analyzed to draw any conclusions on the verbal interaction between teachers and students. Analysis criteria for the data on the class and interview were developed based on the literature review and applied to analyze the collected content. The analyzed data showed that verbal interactions composed of confirmation questions for memorization, students' short responses and teacher's immediate feedbacks. The results of the study also suggested that there needs to be further studies on the interactional techniques for teacher in utilizing the class materials and activities. The teachers should acknowledge the importance of the questions and feedbacks of teachers for students to stimulate their sound learning through literatures.
Keywords
verbal interaction; science teacher - student interaction; science classroom;
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