the form or content of behavior and interpersonal relationships between teacher and students within classroom.

have an effect on students’ academic achievement and social skills development .are effective when they create opportunities to be fostered by taking advantage of teacher’s education, professional development, monitoring, and evaluation.

can be able to help learners to learn more and to make teachers more effective in their labor.

it is important to choose a method to asses the interactions. we can choose the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (Class).

It assesses interactions’ effectiveness in three domains. It describes ten dimensions that belong to one of the domains mentioned.

It was developed at the University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning.

Emotional supportClassroom OrganizationInstructional Support

How teachers help students to develop warm, enjoy learning, develop supportive relationships, feel confident in classroom, develop adequate autonomy levels, etc.

Positive climate: emotional relations between teacher and students, and also among classmates.

Negative climate: how often negative expressions are stated by the teacher or students within classroom.

Teacher sensitivity: the way in which teacher reacts to students’ academic and emotional needs.

Regard for student perspectives: how teacher, students’ interactions, and classroom activities emphasize on students’ needs, interests, and ways of thinking.

How teachers help students to develop skills to control their behavior and to keep their interest in the learning activities.Behavior management: the way in which the teacher controls, prevents and redirects misbehavior.

Productivity: how teacher manages the routine activities and makes them understandable for students, in order to spend as much time as possible in learning activities.

Instructional learning formats: how teacher increases the number of learning opportunities and engage students in different activities.

How teachers help students to develop their cognitive skills and language improvement.

Concept development: how teacher promotes students’ higher-order thinking skills by using instructional discussions.

Quality of Feedback: how well teacher designs feedback strategies in order to promote students participation and learning.

Language modeling: how teacher encourages students to use language properly and make it easier.

are the ways in which students communicate and interact one another within classroom.

have an effect on the role students develop in their learning process, their level of achievement, and their social and emotional development.

are needed to be analyzed and improved according to students’ needs and interests.

Characteristi

cs of Student-

student

Interactions

GOOD Interactions

BAD Interactions

Students construct their own knowledge effectively. Students share their responsibility for learning together.

Students improve their discussion skills. Students work in small groups and may be able to support a whole class discussion.

Students model the class direction.

Classes are mostly lecture focused. Usage of materials with almost no text and well-chosen images.

Usage of materials with almost no text and well-chosen images. The teaching method does not promote students participation. A considerable amount of time is spent on listening to others’ opinions and exposing points of view regarding to specific topics.

encourages students to

use different communicatio

n modes among them.

promotes cooperative

work and students are

able to answer open-ended questions.

assigns a considerable amount of

time to students

interactions.

fosters in-depth

conversations about

different topics, among students and also with the

teacher.

Using assignments that

promote individual

critical thinking, sharing

information with others,

and presenting it to the

classroom.

Presenting multiple choice questions that encourage collaborative work and learning.

Asking open-ended questions that foster in-class debates about controversial themes.

Encouraging students to explore data in classroom, chose and interpret it correctly.Organizing professional communication projects where students can present their ideas orally or using poster presentations.

Collaborative Learning

Discussions and Debates

Interactive Sessions

Loud Reading

Story-Telling

Soliloquies

Role Plays

Creates an adequate learning

atmosphereProvides

opportunities to elicit students’ responses

Motivates students’

participation

and exposing new ideas

Helps students to

construct a

different learning

through group

discussion activities Plans different

activities that

promote effective

classroom interaction

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