Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and

Description: Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Description Product Description Conversing with others has given insights to different perspectives, helped build ideas, and solve problems. Academic conversations push students to think and learn in lasting ways. Academic conversations are back-and-forth dialogues in which students focus on a topic and explore it by building, challenging, and negotiating relevant Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings authors Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford address the challenges teachers face when trying to bring thoughtful, respectful, and focused conversations into the classroom. They identify five core communications skills needed to help students hold productive academic conversation across content areas: Elaborating and Clarifying Supporting Ideas with Evidence Building On and/or Challenging Ideas Paraphrasing Synthesizing This book shows teachers how to weave the cultivation of academic conversation skills and conversations into current teaching approaches. More specifically, it describes how to use conversations to build the following: Academic vocabulary and grammar Critical thinking skills such as persuasion, interpretation, consideration of multiple perspectives, evaluation, and application Literacy skills such as questioning, predicting, connecting to prior knowledge, and summarizing An academic classroom environment brimming with respect for others' ideas, equity of voice, engagement, and mutual support The ideas in this book stem from many hours of classroom practice, research, and video analysis across grade levels and content areas. Readers will find numerous practical activities for working on each conversation skill, crafting conversation-worthy tasks, and using conversations to teach and assess. Academic Conversations offers an in-depth approach to helping students develop into the future parents, teachers, and leaders who will collaborate to build a better world. Review "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 About the Author Jeff Zwiers teaches in the Stanford Teaching Education Program and works for Stanford's Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. He received his Ed.D. from the University of San Francisco and has taught English, Spanish, science, and history in high school, middle school, and elementary school. Jeff says that he became a teacher to "positively influence the social linguistic, ethical, and cognitive development of students." His areas of specialty are academic language and literacy. Jeff is also a consultant on the Guatemala Education Reform in the Classroom project to develop effective systems of bilingual education and teacher training across the country. He has published articles and books on literacy, cognition, and academic language. Marie Crawford is an assistant principal at Central Middle School in the San Carlos School District. She has been a mentor teacher for urban teachers, a classroom teacher in urban schools, and a museum educator. Payment We use the reliable and secure services of PayPal to process all eBay payments. Shipping When checking out, please ensure your ship to address is accurate. Change of address requests after payment has been made cannot be processed. Please note that we currently only shipping to the lower 48 states (continental United States). We do not ship internationally, to Hawaii, Alaska, outlying territories or to PO/APO Boxes. Tracking information is automatically uploaded as soon as your item ships. Do not hesitate to send us an email if you need us to provide this information again. We want to make sure you are completely satisfied with your purchase. Returns We want to make sure you are satisfied with your purchase. If you are experiencing a problem with your product, please contact us so that we can help! We offer free returns within 30-days of receiving the product and with a RMA number (Return Merchandise Authorization). Customer Support We want to provide you with outstanding products and fantastic customer service. If you have any questions or need any information, feel free to message us through eBay.

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Location: Denver, Colorado

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