Repair-For-Participation: The Discursive Devices to Deal With Troubles in Doing Science

• In Event: Roundtable Session 36
  In Roundtable Session: Discourse, Peer Exchange, and Use of Evidence During Science Learning

Abstract

Given that students cannot know beforehand what they are about to learn, encountering trouble is inevitable and necessary event in the process of learning. Therefore helping students to deal with troubles has become an important issue in education. The study aims to understand how participants repair troubles into learning opportunities during a high school students’ science internship. Data sources include observations, field notes, and video recording throughout the science internship. Drawing on conversation analysis, I identified different forms of pedagogically relevant conversational repairs that transformed troubles into learning opportunities to support students’ further participation. These pedagogical repairs can serve as useful resources for teachers to help students deal with and learn from troubles.

Author

• Pei-Ling Hsu, University of Texas - El Paso