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Classroom Discussions
January 21, 2010
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y Broaden your array of instructional tools
y Learn how to engage your students more fully inmathematical reasoning and thinking
y Give examples of student discussionsy Give conversational strategies for leading math talk
y Show you how to set up your students for successfuldiscussions
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y Acurriculum
y Areplacement for curriculum
y Something extra
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Classroom Talk is a respectful, but engagingconversation in which students can clarify their ownthinking and learn from others through talk.
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y 10% of what we read
y 20% of what we hear
y 30% of what we see
y 50% of what we see & heary 70% of what we discuss with others
y 80% of what we experience personally
y
95% of what we teach
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For Students:
Improves logic andreasoning skills
Clarifies thinking
Builds a community ofcommunicators, listeners,& problem solvers
Builds confidence in
expression and intellectualdiscussion
Deepens understanding
For the Teacher:
Help us to gain a goodunderstanding of whatconcepts our students
really grasp Helps reveal
misconceptions
Helps us to teach ourstudents social skills,cognitive skills, thinkingskills, and communicationskills
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If we simply ask students to talk, without thinkingcarefully about our purposes, we may end up withirrelevant, hard-to-manage discussions that serve no
academic purpose For math to be productive, it must be carefully
integrated with mathematical content
Our goal is to increase the amount ofhigh quality talk
in math instruction
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5 Talk Moves
1. Re-voicing
2. Restating someones
reasoning3. Agree or Disagree(Apply reasoning tosomeone elsesreasoning)
4. Prompting for furtherparticipation
5. Using wait time
3 Productive Talk Formats
- Whole group discussion
- Small group discussion
- Pair-Share or PartnerTalk
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