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Encourage students to justify their answers and ideas during conversations in group work to improve group dynamics.

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  • When students justify their answers to one another, they facilitate reasoned and respectful discussion.
    • This type of environment is more likely to generate useful contributions to group problem-solving attempts.

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  • Student-Student Interaction
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"Flowing Toward Correct Contributions During Group Problem Solving: A Statistical Discourse Analysis", by Ming Ming Chiu

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