Building on Robin Alexander's landmark Towards Dialogic Teaching, this book shows how
and why the dialogic approach has a positive impact on student engagement and learning. It …

There is increasing consensus among psycho-educational scholars about argumentation as
a means to improve student knowledge and understanding of subject matter. In this article …

There have been efforts to investigate the link between classroom talk and student
achievement for some time. However, studies considering individual student participation in …

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Figures--Tables--Figures--Foreword--Preface--References--Acknowledgements--1 …

We explore vocal vs. silent student participation in whole-class mathematics discussion in
relation to learning outcomes, relying on additional data analysis from a previously …

Students enter learning situations (informal and formal alike) with a wealth of knowledge,
skill and expertise with which to engage in new learning experiences. However, in dialogic …

This chapter looks briefly at how language, specifically dialogic talk, came to influence
theories of learning. It considers a sampling of the evidence on the effects of dialogic …

Dialogic approaches based on active student participation, open, respectful discussion,
exploring and critiquing different perspectives are increasingly found to support student …

Background This study is concerned with the ways that patterns of student participation in
classroom talk are constructed, focusing on silent students who participate in whole-class …

This study deals with the impact of a teacher development program focused on the
implementation of dialogic teaching practice. The participants were eight Czech teachers in …