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Evaluating Interactional Competence in Interview and Paired Discussion Tasks: A Rater Cognition Study
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Vo, Sonca – TESOL Journal, 2021
Studies of interaction in speaking assessment have highlighted problems regarding the unequal distribution of interaction patterns in different task types. However, little attempt has been made to include both verbal and nonverbal interaction features elicited in the tasks. Therefore, this study examined the elicitation of verbal and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Interviews, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Communication
Effects of Task Types on Interactional Competence in Oral Communication Assessment
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Vo, Sonca Thanh – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Studies of interaction in speaking assessment have highlighted problems regarding the unequal distribution of interaction patterns in interviews versus paired formats (Van Lier, 1989; Young & He, 1998). These studies, however, only looked at verbal interaction features, and no attempts in these studies were made to investigate both verbal and…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Verbal Communication, Speech Communication, Speech Evaluation
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Make a Fruit Salad with Probo, the Social Robot: An Interaction Study
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Simut, Ramona E.; Vanderfaeillie, Johan; Peca, Andreea; Van de Perre, Greet; Vanderborght, Bram – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Social robots are thought to be motivating tools in play tasks with children with autism spectrum disorders. Thirty children with autism were included using a repeated measurements design. It was investigated if the children's interaction with a human differed from the interaction with a social robot during a play task. Also, it was examined if…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Children, Food
Classroom Interactions around Problem Contexts and Task Authenticity in Middle School Mathematics
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Wernet, Jamie L. W. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2017
It has been theorized that contextual tasks support student engagement and sense making. Yet, contradictory ideas exist about the role of these tasks in lessons, and further research is needed to explore how classroom interactions can help achieve their intended purposes. Through video observation of lessons in three eighth-grade classrooms using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Interaction
Customizable Computer-Based Interaction Analysis for Coaching and Self-Regulation in Synchronous CSCL Systems
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Lonchamp, Jacques – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
Computer-based interaction analysis (IA) is an automatic process that aims at understanding a computer-mediated activity. In a CSCL system, computer-based IA can provide information directly to learners for self-assessment and regulation and to tutors for coaching support. This article proposes a customizable computer-based IA approach for a…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Task Analysis
Task Interdependence Among Teachers: Measurement & Findings.
Charters, W. W., Jr. – 1976
This report is an early release of a measurement instrument used in a longitudinal project Management Implications of Team Teaching (MITT), and is taken from a larger, technical Project MITT report, "Governance and Task Interdependence in Schools: First Report of a Longitudinal Study." The instrument, "task interdependence,"…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Coordination, Definitions, Educational Cooperation