Using talking points and think-pair-share to encourage students to make inferences about a text in a primary reading class
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| Description: | This clip shows a teacher using a talking point about a story that required the students to make inferences. The teacher uses think-pair-share and then held a plenary discussion about the students' opinions. The students provide their inferences along with explanations. The teacher encourages students to challenge and to provide explanations/clarifications. She also provides informative feedback and builds on the students' contributions. |
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| Created: | 2020-05-03 17:09 |
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| Collection: | CEDiR group examples of dialogue in diverse educational contexts |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | The T-SEDA team, led by Sara Hennessy & Ruth Kershner |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | dialogue; talking points; think-pair-share; inferences; reading; Year 6 (10-11 years); |
| Abstract: | This clip comes from a Reading lesson with Year 6 (10-11 year olds) in England. In previous lessons, the students had been reading about 'Old Mother Tallow'. In this lesson, the teacher wants the students to focus on making inferences and backing up their reasoning with evidence from the text. In the clip, the teacher presents a talking point to the students that calls for inference and debate. She asks the students to agree, disagree, challenge, or question each other. Firstly, the teacher invites students to discuss their ideas about the statement in small groups and we see her involvement with one group. After this discussion, the teacher invites students to share their ideas with the whole class. The students present their ideas and reasoning. The teacher builds on the students’ ideas and draws on her own experience to contribute to the discussion, but she does not provide her own authoritative position towards the statement, thus creating a space for the students to contribute freely.
Characteristics of dialogue in this clip: - Teacher uses talking points - Teacher uses think-pair-share - Teacher builds on/clarifies the students’ contributions - Teacher invites students to build on - Teacher invites students to challenge - Teacher invites to provide explanations or justifications - Teacher makes connections beyond the classroom - Teacher invites the expression of ideas - Teacher provides informative feedback - Students agree or disagree - Students challenge and provide explanations - Students build on peers’ contributions This is the second of 3 clips from the same lesson available in this collection. Link to the first clip: https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/3212641 Link to the third clip: https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/3212681 This footage was collected during the T-SEDA (Teacher Scheme for Educational Dialogue Analysis) impact trial funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Impact Acceleration Account) in 2018-19. More details about the trial and links to download the open professional development resources appear at http://bit.ly/T-SEDA. |
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