Even though this lesson continues past the point at which the transcription stops, this excerpt provides sufficient detail to illustrate the ways in which a teacher can invite students to reason with evidence. The teacher introduced the norms for classroom discussion throughout the school year such as insisting that students listen carefully to one another, give each other time to think, and direct a comment at the author of a previous comment. She reinforced them within this lesson: (“lets make sure everyone’s looking at Mathias, to show we are listening to him;” to Mathias about how you feel about what “talk he said;” to him and tell why disagree with him”). him you “talk Here are the discourse moves appearing in this transcript followed by quotes from the teacher: Discourse goal—Helping students use evidence of reasoning Specific moves: you want to talk to the group about the conclusion that you came up with?” “Do what do you think would happen if I put an object this big in a cup of “Javon, water?” you want to share with the group some of your thoughts?” “Alicia, you want to add something?” “Aisha, Discourse Goal--Helping students deepen reasoning by challenging or providing a counter example Specific move: anyone want to respond to that?” “Does Discourse Goal—Helping students listen carefully to one another Specific moves:
Even though this lesson continues past the point at which the transcription stops, this excerpt provides sufficient detail to illustrate the ways in which a teacher can invite students to reason with evidence. The teacher introduced the norms for classroom discussion throughout the school year such as insisting that students listen carefully to one another, give each other time to think, and direct a comment at the author of a previous comment. She reinforced them within this lesson: (“lets make sure everyone’s looking at Mathias, to show we are listening to him;” “talk to Mathias about how you feel about what he said;” “talk to him and tell him why you disagree with him”). Here are the discourse moves appearing in this transcript followed by quotes from the teacher: Discourse goal—Helping students use evidence of reasoning Specific moves: “Do you want to talk to the group about the conclusion that you came up with?” “Javon, what do you think would happen if I put an object this big in a cup of water?” “Alicia, you want to share with the group some of your thoughts?” “Aisha, you want to add something?” Discourse Goal--Helping students deepen reasoning by challenging or providing a counter example Specific move: “Does anyone want to respond to that?” Discourse Goal—Helping students listen carefully to one another Specific moves: