Eliciting Academic Productive Talk Science and Math Talk Moves for the Teacher and the Students Nancy Escamilla E.P. Foster STEM Academy January 2016
Eliciting Academic Productive Talk
Science and Math Talk Moves for the Teacher and the Students
Nancy EscamillaE.P. Foster STEM AcademyJanuary 2016
Talk as an Opportunity to Think
Productive DiscourseAllows students to• Compare science
or math explanations• Argue with
evidence• Critique a model
Students Learn to Listen to Each Other
Productive Discourse Classroom Example
Teacher, Maricela Montoy-Wilson has developed a culture of classroom discourse.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/persist-through-challenges-perts
Science Talk is a Specialized Language
Discipline Specific Forms of Talk• Hypothesizing• Debating what counts as a good explanation• Arguing with evidence• Using language about setting up credible
experiments• Referring to patterns in data• Deciding how to revise a model
Classroom Norms for Respectful Listening and Discussion
• Anyone can ask questions if they don’t understand an idea that is being talked about.
• We can critique ideas, but personal attacks are not allowed.
• Don’t talk over your classmates.• The teacher will give “think time”.• In small group work, everyone will contribute
to the conversation.
How to Start• Need to wean students
from initiation-response-evaluation type of discussion.
• Ask students to think about the question before doing pair-share.
• Teacher listens to pair-share and then calls on a student to answer the question.
Goal # 1 Share, Expand and Clarify
• Time to think• Say More• So, Are You Saying• Don’t telegraph whether a
response is correct or incorrect.
• Give credit to students as originators of key ideas
http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/resources/video_cases/video_case.cfm?&case_type=st&case_grade=4&case_num=1&case_return=library&case_step=step4
Build a Culture of Listening
http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/resources/video_cases/video_case.cfm?case_type=st&case_num=2&case_return=library
Listening and Adding on
Adding On to Someone Else’s Statement
http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/resources/video_cases/video_case.cfm?&case_type=st&case_grade=4&case_num=4&case_return=library&case_step=step3
Agreeing and Disagreeinghttp://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/resources/video_cases/video_case.cfm?&case_type=st&case_grade=4&case_num=4&case_return=library&case_step=step2
Group Activity
Talk with your fellow group members and organize the Talk Moves into categories of your choice. • Strategy for ELL, Recent Arrival, Advanced
Student, etc.• DOK Levels• Talk Moves to start with• or your own categories
Goal # 1 Share, Expand and Clarify
Goal # 2Listen Carefully
Goal # 3Deepen Their Reasoning
Goal # 4Think with Others