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Table 1 Class activities vs. class dialogs between a teacher and students

From: Development of Two-Dimensional Classroom Discourse Analysis Tool (CDAT): scientific reasoning and dialog patterns in the secondary science classes

Class activities

Class dialogs (between a teacher and students)

Dialogs off topic

Dialogs on topic

Lab, hands-on activity, group work, discussion, demonstration

Managing or disciplining students’ behaviors

Explaining about activities, grades, test, or etc.

Dialog 1

Dialog 2

 

Teacher’s utterances and students’ utterances

Teacher’s utterances and students’ utterances

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