Academic Conversations Ch 3

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Academic Conversations Ch 3

support ideas with examples

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planning conversations on paper

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synthesize conversation points

converse at the computer

Parking, Promoting, and Pruning ideas: students must learn to only use the most useful info

Build on or challenge a partners idea

practice norms for controversial conversations: must know how to have a debate in an academic way

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Paraphrase

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understand and organize a listener: students must be able to listen without interjecting.

Elaborate and Clarify activities

journal jumpstarts: useful if you think students aren't ready to talk

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analogies and metaphors: challenge students to come up with own analogies