{"product_id":"9781571109217","title":"Academic Conversations","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere would we be without conversation? Throughout history,  conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build  ideas, and solve problems. Conversations, particularly those referred to  in this book as 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 ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately,  academic conversations are rare in many classrooms. Talk is often  dominated by the teacher and a few students, or it does not advance  beyond short responses to the teacher's questions. Even certain teaching  approaches and curriculum programs neglect to train students how to  maintain a focused, respectful, and thoughtful conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo  address these challenges, authors Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford have  identified five core communication skills to help students hold  productive academic conversations across content areas. These skills  include: elaborating and clarifying, supporting ideas with evidence,  building on and\/or challenging ideas, paraphrasing, and 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003eAcademic vocabulary and grammar\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eCritical thinking skills such as persuasion, interpretation, consideration of multiple perspectives, evaluation, and application\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eLiteracy skills such as questioning, predicting, connecting to prior knowledge, and summarizing\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eComplex  and abstract essential understandings in content areas such as  adaptation, human nature, bias, conservation of mass, energy, gravity,  irony, democracy, greed, and more\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eAn academic classroom environment brimming with respect for others' ideas, equity of voice, engagement, and mutual support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  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. \u003ci\u003eAcademic Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e  offers an in-depth approach to helping students develop into the future  parents, teachers, and leaders who will collaborate to build a better  world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stenhouse Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178148937968,"sku":"9781571109217","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571109217_p0.jpg?v=1763794982","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571109217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}