Deliberate Slow Restart
A deliberate restart move in which a conversation or reasoning thread is returned to an earlier point to be re-begun more slowly and explicitly, observable as an intentional back-up and re-entry in the dialogue.
Operational Definition
One occurrence would be coded when a turn explicitly references an earlier state of the exchange and re-initiates from there with a slower or more explicit framing (for example, proposing to go back and proceed step by step). The re-initiating turn is the unit.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Rater coding of restart and back-up moves on transcripts by two coders; agreement would be assessed via Cohen's kappa; result could be reported as the count of restart events per session.