For moment-to-moment roles, it’s probably worth a few additional states—these take time (often more than listening or explaining) and serve important purposes.
Processing. A participant is integrating information into their models, or considering how to explain something better that failed in the last iteration. During this time, they can neither listen nor explain well.
Switching. Either for error recovery (both tried to explain) or as a natural flow between explain/listen/process, this is non-instantaneous.
Socially reinforcing. This is a lot like explaining or listening, but the intended information is very different, and the transition to other states will be different.
For moment-to-moment roles, it’s probably worth a few additional states—these take time (often more than listening or explaining) and serve important purposes.
Processing. A participant is integrating information into their models, or considering how to explain something better that failed in the last iteration. During this time, they can neither listen nor explain well.
Switching. Either for error recovery (both tried to explain) or as a natural flow between explain/listen/process, this is non-instantaneous.
Socially reinforcing. This is a lot like explaining or listening, but the intended information is very different, and the transition to other states will be different.