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LaRusso, Maria; Jones, Stephanie M.; Kim, Ha Yeon; Kim, James; Donovan, Suzanne; Snow, Catherine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This paper presents an exploratory analysis of treatment-control differences in the quality of classroom interactions in 4th through 7th grade urban classrooms. Word Generation (WG) is a research-based academic language program for middle school students designed to teach novel vocabulary and literacy through language arts, math, science, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Communities, Discourse Analysis, Academic Discourse
Launspach, Sonja – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2008
Through the use of a case study, this article explores the role of talk in underprepared students' acquisition of academic discourse. Conversation analysis as a linguistic framework is used to examine the interactions of students participating in a small writing group. Tracing the progress of one student's paper, I explore how students'…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Discourse Communities, Writing (Composition), Learning Processes