student talk - Steve Barkley

Designing and Facilitating Discussions for Inquiry and Learning

The Open University UK’s website responds to the question: Why talk for learning is important? “Talk is a part of human development that helps us to think, learn and make sense […]

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Teacher Talk and Student Talk

I had the opportunity to listen to the podcast, How much of your lesson should be teacher talk?, with professor Neil Mercer, the emeritus professor of Education at the University of Cambridge […]

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Increasing Student Participation in Learning Conversations

Why student talk? Maryellen Weimer identifies five reasons getting students to talk is worth the effort: Students learn the content when they talk about it. Talking lets students learn from each […]

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