Describing high-quality discussion as more like conversation, as dialogic and exploratory versus monologic, information driven, and preordained, these researchers note that such discussion involves "more probing and substantive interactions. . . . The talk is more like conversation than recitation" (p. 18). Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.; Smith, Michael W.. Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements (p. 16). Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an. Kindle Edition.