Academic conversations
Subtitle: classroom talk that fosters critical thinking and content understandings
By: Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford
Contributors: Crawford, Marie
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portland, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781571108845; 9781571109224
Subjects: Cognitive learning; Conversation; Thought and thinking; Study and teaching (Elementary)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Reasons to Converse in School; title: Chapter 2: Getting Started with Academic Conversations; title: Chapter 3: Lesson Activities for Developing Core Conversation Skills; title: Chapter 4: Designing Effective Conversation Tasks; title: Chapter 5: Training Students for Advanced Conversations; title: Chapter 6: Developing Academic Grammar and Vocabulary Through Conversation; title: Chapter 7: Conversations in Language Arts; title: Chapter 8: Conversations in History; title: Chapter 9: Conversations in Science; title: Chapter 10: Academic Conversations Assessment; title: Chapter 11: Reminders; title: Appendix; title: References; title: Index - See more at: http://www.stenhouse.com/html/academic-conversations.htm#sthash.I1afaHGB.dpuf