ERIC Number: EJ1402032
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
EISSN: EISSN-2150-2641
Mediating Learning in the Zones of Development: Role of Teacher and Kindergartner Talk-Turns during Read-Aloud Discussions
Christ, Tanya; Bakhoda, Iman; Chiu, Ming Ming; Wang, X. Christine; Schindel, Alexa; Liu, Yu
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v37 n4 p519-549 2023
We explored how teacher and child talk-turns were related to children's subsequent comprehension responses during read-alouds. Data included three kindergarten teachers' interactive read-alouds (736 talk-turns across six video-recorded and transcribed sessions). Talk-turns were coded using a priori and emergent codes. Statistical discourse analysis, which analyzes how previous talk-turns in a conversation are related to later talk-turns in the conversation, was used to identify how specific teacher and child talk-turns within a read-aloud were related to a child's later comprehension expressions during that same read-aloud. Findings show how specific talk-turns in which teachers mediate children's behavior by (a) promoting particular child actions related to the read-aloud content or (b) restricting or expanding ways that children can participate, predict children's subsequent comprehension responses during the read-aloud. Further, findings show how children's talk-turns that mediate other children's action related to the read-aloud content predict those children's subsequent comprehension responses. These findings suggest new and more fine-grained ways that teachers and children can support children's listening comprehension and vocabulary responses during read-aloud discussions.
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Student Role, Reading Aloud to Others, Discussion, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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