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Analyzing Peer Discourse Patterns During Paired Discussions About Literature

Workman, Constance Bradamanda Josephine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524166853085813

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
Peer literary discussions can be a powerful vehicle for students to create their own understandings of text in the classroom; however, some teachers do not utilize this method very often, perhaps due to a lack of understanding about what students are actually talking about during their conversations. For this case study, I videotaped a series of discussions between a pair of middle school students in my own classroom as they talked about a class novel. I then used grounded theory to create a complex coding system to examine the patterns of discourse that emerged. My results showed that students engaged in four different types of talk throughout the conversation and that differences existed regarding the ways students used language when engaging in these different types of discourse. From these results, I generated three grounded theoretical hypotheses: 1) content talk is structurally different than non-content talk, 2) students may tend to engage in particular types of discourse sequences during peer conversations, and 3) students may tend to engage in self-assigned discursive roles during peer conversations. This study constitutes an initial foray into the nature of paired student discussions about literature in the middle school classroom; future research may include other classroom contexts and an incorporation of the students’ perspective.
David Bloome, Dr. (Advisor)
George Newell, Dr. (Committee Member)
Antoinette Errante, Dr. (Committee Member)
193 p.
Education; Educational Theory; Secondary Education
student discourse; patterns of talk; peer conversations; literary discussions; discourse analysis; classroom research; student pairs; middle school; grounded theory; discourse sequences; discursive roles

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  • Workman, C. B. J. (2018). Analyzing Peer Discourse Patterns During Paired Discussions About Literature [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524166853085813

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Workman, Constance. Analyzing Peer Discourse Patterns During Paired Discussions About Literature. 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524166853085813.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Workman, Constance. "Analyzing Peer Discourse Patterns During Paired Discussions About Literature." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524166853085813

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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