Using Interteaching to Promote Online Learning Outcomes.
Interteaching works online when you keep prep sheets short, pairs talking, and feedback fast.
01Research in Context
What this study did
Waldron et al. (2023) wrote a how-to guide. They show teachers how to run interteaching on Zoom or Kaltura.
The paper gives step-by-step moves: short prep sheets, live pair talk, quick teacher feedback, and a brief test.
No kids were tested. The paper is a map for any teacher who suddenly must teach online.
What they found
The authors lay out a full plan. They say you can keep every student talking and get pinpoint scores with free tools.
They claim online interteaching can feel as lively as the classroom version.
How this fits with other research
Ingersoll et al. (2024) did the next step. They ran live telehealth coaching and saw real parent and child gains nine months later. Their RCT extends the target paper by proving low-tech remote teaching can stick.
Walker et al. (2021) and Davison et al. (1995) echo the same core rule: make the learner type or say something every few seconds. All three papers, spread across decades, show active beats passive.
Zentall et al. (1975) adds a twist. Their public posting plus praise doubled kids’ work in class. The 2023 guide folds in that same quick public feedback loop, showing old bricks still build new online walls.
Why it matters
You can steal the whole flow tomorrow. Open Kaltura, drop in a three-question prep sheet, let pairs chat in breakout rooms, post the top scores, and give instant feedback. No cost, no fancy LMS. Try it for one lesson and watch how many hands stay up.
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02At a glance
03Original abstract
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators have been forced to rapidly transition away from in-person learning environments to completely online formats. Many of these educators have had little or no training and experience teaching online, contributing to stress and anxiety. To compound this problem even further, there are a multitude of online learning technologies from which to choose that can be relatively costly and require an intensive production process. In an effort to provide immediate relief to those dealing with this problem, we detail how interteaching, an empirically supported behavioral teaching technique, can be used to cultivate an interactive online learning environment in either an asynchronous or synchronous format. Specifically, we describe some best practices and provide some examples on how to generate active student responding (ASR) as well as provide pinpointed performance-based feedback. We specifically reference the relatively easy-to-use online software Kaltura, but it is hoped that our suggestions inspire others to develop and use these strategies across a variety of platforms in effort to provide evidence-based quality education during this crisis.
Journal of behavioral education, 2023 · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113003