Student Discourse
Definition:
Students and teachers share responsibility for talking in carefully planned, discussion-based activities. Student talk is prioritized, and students are actively involved in the learning process by generating questions, seeking/providing evidence, and utilizing academic language and vocabulary.
Best Practice
- Structure is present with varied, pre-planned opportunities for all students to participate in authentic academic conversations.
- Student talk incorporates key academic language and vocabulary.
- Student agency is evident, including all students generating questions and seeking/providing evidence for ideas.
- Students effectively respond to each other’s ideas
Examples:
Think-Pair-Share, Give-One/Take-One, Numbered Heads, pop-up debates, Socrative Seminars, use of sentence stems and anchor charts to assist students in responding effectively, Hexagonal Thinking