Rapport and interaction7
Rapport and interaction in higher education teaching can include behaviours such as asking questions, praising students for good ideas, offering help to students or showing concern for student progress.
Interaction is one of the key elements of instructional effectiveness from the theoretical perspective.
Connections between effective instructional dimensions such interaction and cognitive informationprocessing concepts are suggested by Marsh’s (2007) nine factors combining empirical findings and cognitive research (Mayer, 1987; Murray, 1997, pp. 181-183).
Interaction factors are expected to encourage active student participation in the classroom and allow students to actively engage in all stages of information processing.
From this point of view teaching is then regarded as helping students to store information and knowledge in long-term memory.