Meaning making as an interactional accomplishment: A temporal analysis of intentionality and improvisation in classroom dialogue

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-106

  Twiner, Alison ^a   Littleton, Karen ^a   Coffin, Caroline ^a   Whitelock, Denise ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom interaction; Improvisation; Meaning making trajectories; Sociocultural discourse analysis; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888046021     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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