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Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings

Listen to this podcast summary of a 2011 book on using classroom talk to build students' critical thinking skills.

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Listen to this summary of the book entitled ‘Academic conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings’. This book was written by Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford and was published in 2011 by Stenhouse Publishers.

Zwiers, J., & Crawford, M. (2011). Academic conversations: Classroom talk that fosters critical thinking and content understandings. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

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Episode published 30 Jun 2021.