1. The power of hmm….
- Author
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Glazer, Jeremy
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ACADEMIC discourse , *DISCUSSION in education , *SELF-efficacy in students , *STUDENT participation , *CLASSROOM environment - Abstract
Structured academic discussions can focus too much on academic language to the detriment of actual discussion, disempowering students with the very tools intended to enhance student voice. The author suggests a new goal for such classroom talk: encouraging students to generate ideas and questions that engage their peers by focusing on the unexpected, provoking them to reconsider their assumptions about the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2018
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