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Challenging Learning Through Dialogue
Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning
James A. NottinghamSeries: Corwin Teaching Essentials(0)
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Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking
Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn
• How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students
• How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking
• The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk
• Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue
• Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue
Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn
• How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students
• How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking
• The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk
• Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue
• Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue