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| Abstract Title: | RESPONSIVENESS AMONG PEERS LEADS TO PRODUCTIVE DISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT |
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| Abstract: | Responsive teaching, or the application of responsive listening, is the extent to which teachers attempt to understand students' ideas and respond to those ideas in moment-to-moment interactions. We propose that responsiveness does not only apply to teacher-student interactions, but responsive listening can also be found at the peer level. In a professional development course for K-12 teachers, we analyzed a small group discussion about energy usefulness and identified responsive listening among peers. We observed that learners engaged with each other's' ideas and further inquired about the reasoning behind those ideas. We claim that responsive listening promoted productive disciplinary engagement which resulted in the refinement of their understanding about energy. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
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| Primary Contact: |
Carolina Alvarado Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Monterrey, Mexico, Non U.S. 64849 Phone: +52 1 81 1181 2802 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Abigail R. Daane, Seattle Pacific University Rachel E. Scherr, Seattle Pacific University Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey |
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