Academic Conversations

Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

Where would we be without conversation? Throughout history, conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build ideas, and solve problems. In Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings, Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford dig into back-and-forth dialogues in which students focus on a topic and explore it by building, challenging and negotiating relevant issues.Academic Conversations identifies five core communication skills to help students hold productive academic conversations across content areas. These skills are:Elaborating and clarifyingSupporting ideas with evidenceBuilding on and/or challenging ideasParaphrasingSynthesizingReaders will find numerous practical activities for working on each of the conversation skills, strategies for crafting conversation-worthy tasks, and examples of how to use conversations to teach and assess. Academic Conversations offers and in-depth and practical approach to helping students develop into the future parents, teachers, and leaders who will collaborate to build a better world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-04
Mått:187 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9781571108845

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Jeff Zwiers, Ed.D., is a senior researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He has taught in diverse elementary and secondary schools and has worked as an instructional coach in urban school settings. His current research and professional development work consist of collaborating with teachers to learn what works best in real classrooms to help students learn through rich interactions and conversations.

Recensioner i media

"This book will dazzle you with its passion and practicality. There are common sense and uncommonly creative ideas for any lesson you're planning for tomorrow's third grade reading group or high school history class."– Yardsticks Blog"This resource is the single tool you need to help your students create the essential link between thinking, speaking, and writing."– Professionally Speaking"From critical thinking and literacy skills to building a respectful professional classroom environment, this is packed with basic ideas perfect for any high school to college-level educator."– Midwest Book Review

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Chapter 1: Reasons to Converse in School; Chapter 2: Getting Started with Academic Conversations; Chapter 3: Lesson Activities for Developing Core Conversation Skills; Chapter 4: Designing Effective Conversation Tasks; Chapter 5: Training Students for Advanced Conversations; Chapter 6: Developing Academic Grammar and Vocabulary Through Conversation; Chapter 7: Conversations in Language Arts; Chapter 8: Conversations in History; Chapter 9: Conversations in Science; Chapter 10: Academic Conversation Assessment; Chapter 11: Reminders