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Accountable Talk: Instructional Dialogue That Builds the Mind. Educational Practices Series 29
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Resnick, Lauren B.; Asterhan, Christa S. C.; Clarke, Sherice N. – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2018
"Accountable Talk" begins with students thinking out loud about a complex problem that requires collaboration: noticing something about the problem, questioning a surprising finding, or articulating, explaining, and reflecting upon their own reasoning. The teacher works to elicit a range of ideas, which may be incomplete. With teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dialogs (Language), Educational Practices, Teacher Student Relationship
Links to Literature: Assessing Children's Reasoning: It's an Age-Old Problem.
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Smith, Jacque – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Discusses how one teacher encouraged students to communicate mathematically when discussing the lyrics to the song "Billy Boy." Students' problem solving was assessed by means of classroom discussion. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Childrens Literature, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development
Problematical Words and Concepts in Physics Education: A Study of Papua New Guinean Students' Comprehension of Non-Technical Words Used in Science.
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Marshall, Stewart; Gilmour, Marion – Physics Education, 1990
This paper discusses some of the results of a study conducted in Papua New Guinea on students' comprehension of 45 non-technical words used in science classes. Four words, "component,""devise,""exert," and "random," are considered in detail. (CW)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Physics
One Point of View: Let's Talk about Talking Mathematics.
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Liedtke, Werner – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Argues that "student talk" is an important developmental activity in mathematics. Gives suggestions that will facilitate student talk. (PK)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Drama as a Catalyst for Establishing New Modes of Classroom Interaction: An Anthropologist's Assessment.
Myers, Jeanette S.; St. Lawrence, Theodora J. – 1983
Videotape recordings and transcriptions of sequences of drama sessions in 10 elementary classrooms were analyzed to explore the utility of an anthropological perspective in assessing the nature of children's participation in improvisational drama project activities. Approximately 270 children and their teachers received seven and one half hours of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Classroom Communication
Understanding the How's and Why's of Writing: The Development of Children's Concepts of Writing in Primary Classrooms. Volume 1: The Kindergarten Data.
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Dyson, Anne Haas – 1983
The product of a study documenting the classroom writing behavior of three kindergarten and three second grade students, this research report focuses on the kindergarten data. Following an introductory chapter describing the theoretical assumptions underlying the project, the research questions posed, and the provisions made to insure reliable and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development
Reading-Writing Relationships: A Discussion of Text Characteristics for Primary Teachers.
Furniss, Elaine R. – 1983
To determine how children develop schema for text that include increasing sensitivity to text types, text categories, orthographic conventions in words, conventional story beginnings and endings, and text cohesive ties, a study examined the writing of four kindergarten children. The kindergarten had adopted a process-conference approach to writing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques
Oral and Written Communication for Promoting Mathematical Understanding: Teaching Examples from Grade 3.
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Senn-Fennell, Christiane – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1995
Investigates the characteristics of oral and written communication in a German third-grade mathematics class and theorizes how this knowledge might be applied to improve instruction. Develops several lessons incorporating communication skills into activities that illustrate fundamental mathematical concepts. Includes lesson transcripts, writing…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Concept Formation