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Factors That Influence Teachers' Use, Or Non-Use, Of Small Group Discussion, Julie Snider Snider
Factors That Influence Teachers' Use, Or Non-Use, Of Small Group Discussion, Julie Snider Snider
Wayne State University Dissertations
ABSTRACT
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TEACHERS’ USE, OR NON-USE,
OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
by
JULIANNE SNIDER
August 2016
Advisor: Dr. Karen Feathers
Major: Reading, Language, and Literature
Degree: Doctor of Education
This qualitative study explored teacher answers to one question: What factors influence teachers’ decisions to use, or not use, small group discussion. Research supports a variety of small group discussion approaches to meet a range of curricular goals. Despite the philosophical move to student-centered discussion approaches, and research supporting small group discussion as an effective literacy approach, teacher led whole class discussion continues as the dominant approach. An online teacher …