Talk Moves

Talk Moves: A Teacher's Guide for Using Classroom Discussions in Math offers an award-winning, unparalleled look at the significant role that classroom discussions can play in teaching mathematics and deepening students' mathematical understanding and learning.

Based on a four-year research project funded by the US Department of Education, this resource is divided into three sections:

Section I: Getting Started: Mathematics Learning with Classroom Discussions Section II: The Mathematics: What Do We Talk About? Section III: Implementing Classrooms Discussions

The third edition continues to emphasise the talk moves and tools that teachers can use to facilitate whole-class discussions that deepen students' mathematical understanding.    
New to This Edition

46 video clips from every grade, kindergarten through sixth, show students and teachers engaged in successful classroom discussions. The clips are organised by chapter and by grade level for viewing convenience. They range from one to nine minutes in length with a total viewing time of approximately two hours and twenty-six minutes. The videos are available online; to access them, as well as the reproducibles, use the instructions and key code on page xix. Try It Out! sections offer specific mathematics problems, questions, and more than twenty lesson plans ready for immediate use in the classroom. Math Talk Tips highlight strategies for using specific talk moves, tools, and formats to develop students' mathematical learning.