How important are dialogue and substantive conversation in the classroom in terms of student training?

Very important. Years ago, education consisted of monologue: the teacher lectured, the students took notes, and the test was used for determining whether the students understood what the teacher had...

it's not so much just conversation, deep thought envoking conversations are what lead to higher intelligence. not which actor has cool shoes, but is it possible for the universe to end? is it...

Well, a direct answer on that is hard to give but one statistic comes to mind. The average attention span is 15 minutes long. Less for teens. So if you go for a whole hour talking about something...

So when they come across a word they haven't seen before, they can break it down into its parts and determine its meaning.

Classroom condition affects the learning of every student. A student who is not comfortable inside his classroom will also have difficulties learning. Like for example, the environment overwhelmed by...