Table 1 Overview of participant structures
| Â | Presenting problem | Individual writing | Small Group Sharing | Teacher Monitoring | Student writing | Student to whole group, mediated by teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant(s) | Teacher and whole class | Individual students | Students in small groups | Teacher and small group | Individual | Whole class |
Purpose of communication | To assign problem | To work out problems in preparation for next event | To share solutions | To give feedback to small groups | To work out problems in preparation for next event | To share solutions and discuss meaningfulness |
Modes | Students read and/or listen; teacher talks | Individual students write multisemiotic text | Students speak mediated by multisemiotic text | Teacher and small groups talk, mediated by multisemiotic text | Students write multisemiotic text | Individual students and teacher talk; students comment; mediated by multi-semiotic text |