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Table 5 Group 2 Co-Constructing the Drawing

From: ELL’s science meaning making in multimodal inquiry: a case-study in a Hong Kong bilingual school

No

Student

Speech

Gesture / Model Manipulation

1

T

Ok so explain to me how these pictures answer that question

 

2

P

Um…

 

3

P

If you actually pull sand paper really quickly

 

4

T

A can you focus on here

T > A

Points to drawing

5

T

How are these pictures answering the question; Why do the coins stay on the bottle?

: students’ drawing

6

T

What are you showing in these pictures?

 

7

P

So here’s like, you have to pull it really quickly

: points to the place

8

T

Mmm, but is that explaining why the

T > P

9

A

so the force can be, the force

A > T

10

S

because the coin is resting

S > T

11

A

the force can be

A > T

12

T

but have you shown that in the picture

T > S

13

A

Because the coin

A > T

14

T

how can you show that?

T > S

15

P

Can we write it?

P > T

16

A

because the coin can’t catch up with the friction on the piece of paper so it just stays at rest

A > T

17

T

is that shown in the picture?

T > A, A > drawing

18

T

you have to help them

T > AL

19

P

can we write it like this small thing here

P > T

: shows position it will be written

20

21

T

No, it’s meant to be just the drawing. Um, what did we use to show force?

 

22

S

Arrows

 

23

P

Arrows