Sarah Michaels, and Cathy O’Connor
Students have to feel a sense of trust that their ideas will be taken seriously and that disagree- ments will be handled respectfully, so that ideas— not individuals—are challenged.
Through well-structured talk, students are guided—or apprenticed—into fundamental practices of science.
Not only can whole-group discussions be exciting intellectually (for students and teachers alike), they can be highly productive academically.
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