Why are students silent using written reflections and interviews mary m reda examines students perceptions of speaking and being silent in a first year composition classroom and explores how their teachers classroom relationships and their own sense of identity shape their decisions to speak or be silent by challenging many firmly held beliefs about those quiet students in the back of . Mary redas between speaking and silence is an analysis of silence in the composition classroom and how so called quiet students view their silence. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases electronics books customer service gift ideas home computers gift cards sell. Between speaking and silence a study of quiet students mary m reda new york suny press 2009 reviewed by charlotte foster western missouri state university through a precise analysis of written reflections and interviews mary m reda examines perceptions of speak ing and silent students in her book between speaking and silence using. Amazoncom between speaking and silence a study of quiet students 9780791493625 reda mary m books