Literature Review: The Importance Of Interaction In The Classroom

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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 The Importance of Interaction According to Allwright (1984), ‘interaction, by definition and in practice, is a co-production. It is the product of the action of all the participants’ (p.159). He views interaction as the ‘sine qua non’ of classroom pedagogy. He further suggests that through the interactive process, teachers might possess enhanced respect for their learners and help the learners to acquire enhanced self-respect. Rogers (2000) also mentioned that interactivity is changing the way we behave by increasing an individual’s control over his or her learning. A learner with more self-respect is more likely to take risks, and we can expect this to be related to better learning (Heyde, 1977; Allwright, 1984). Other empirical research also mirrors the same notion that increased interaction lead to increased student course satisfaction and learning outcomes (Sumler &Zirkin, 1995; Zhang & Fulford, 1994). Chickering and Gamson (1987) proposed seven principles for good …show more content…

How to facilitate and maintain the interaction in the classroom is a crucial key to successful instruction. Therefore, implementation of Interactive Response System in the classroom can be a potential manifestation of combining the merits of the learner-instructor interaction and learner-learner interaction. For the learner-instructor interaction, Interactive Response System (IRS) is reported that students are more engaged in the content presented (Simpson & Oliver, 2007); IRS can provide immediate feedback to the learners (Caldwell, 2007) and facilitate ‘contingent teaching’ (Draper & Brown, 2004). For the learner-learner interaction, IRS is reported to stimulate discussion, particularly they are incorporated with peer instruction strategy (Beatty, 2006; Brewer, 2004), and with this method, students can better understand higher level concepts (Draper & Brown,

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