Interactive engagement requires both partners' utterances to be primarily constructive and a sufficient degree of turn taking¶

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q2 i? Dialogues are truly interactive only when both partners' utterances are primarily constructive and sufficient turn taking occurs. → Michelene T. H. Chi & Ruth Wylie 2014

Evidence¶

Michelene T. H. Chi & Ruth Wylie 2014¶

Michelene T. H. Chi & Ruth Wylie. (2014). The ICAP Framework: Linking Cognitive Engagement to Active Learning Outcomes. Educational Psychologist, 49(4), 219-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2014.965823

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The article's operational definition of interactive engagement, stated as a theoretical criterion in Section 1. The authors note that "two students who take turns giving minilec- tures to each other, even if they are being constructive, will likely not reap the same benefits" as those who frequently interject.

"In this article, we operationalize interactive behaviors to dialogues that meet two criteria: (a) both partners’ utterances must be pri- marily constructive, and (b) a sufficient degree of turn tak- ing must occur."

Discussion¶

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