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Reciprocal teaching: Analyzing interactive dynamics in the co-construction of a text's meaning

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  • Christian Tarchi
  • Giuliana Pinto

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Reciprocal teaching is one of the most successfully implemented cooperative learning practices, yet many aspects of the process it follows are still unclear. The authors' aim was two-fold: To analyze whether reciprocal teaching activates diversity in discourse moves, communicative functions, and interaction sequences; and to determine whether reciprocal teaching needs to be based on prior work on student collaboration and cooperation skills in order to be effective (context dependency vs. context independency). Two groups with a different instructional background were compared: one with a teacher-centered and one with a student-centered approach. Forty-three third-grade students were led through a reciprocal teaching reading activity. Video recordings of each group were transcribed and analyzed at the micro level. Frequencies for each category were described and interpreted. The two groups did not differ significantly in the processes followed, indicating that reciprocal teaching is context independent and able to create interaction-rich and diverse environment.

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  • Christian Tarchi & Giuliana Pinto, 2016. "Reciprocal teaching: Analyzing interactive dynamics in the co-construction of a text's meaning," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 109(5), pages 518-530, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:109:y:2016:i:5:p:518-530
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2014.992583
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