A Case Study of Computer-based Teacher-Student Interaction outside Class

摘要

This case study examines the interaction through emails between a professor and one of his third-year students outside of the classroom to explore the problems in the teacher-student interaction. It shows that confronted with difficulties, the student turns directly to her teacher, yet failing to make her specific difficulties known, and the teacher spares no pains to exemplify the doing of as-signments, yet knowing little about his student's knowings and unknowings. At the end of the article are some enlightenments:seeking help after self-attempting and helping after knowing.