Go to your library or an online database, such as InfoTrac College Edition, that provides full articles from academic journals. Read this article: Elise Dallimore, Julie Hertenstein, and Marjorie Platt.

(2004). Classroom participation and discussion effectiveness: Student-generated strategies.

Communication Education, 53, 103–115. After reading the article, answer the following questions:

a. What methods of research were used by the authors to conduct this study?

b. What teacher behaviors did students identify as most helpful in enhancing the quality of classroom discussion?

c. How might the fi ndings of this study be applied to other contexts, such as communication in work groups and parent–child conversations?