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Title Peer talk in the classroom : learning from research / Jeanne R. Paratore, Rachel L. McCormack, editors
Published Newark, Del. : International Reading Association, [1997]
©1997

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Description vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents "Do you really just want us to talk about this book?" : a closer look at book clubs as an instructional tool / Diane Lapp [and others] -- Eavesdropping on second graders' peer talk about African trickster tales / Rachel L. McCormack -- Exploring cultural diversity through peer talk / Sandy Kaser and Kathy G. Short -- Lessons taught and lessons learned : how cross-aged talk about books helped struggling adolescents develop their own literacy / Fenice B. Boyd and Lee Galda -- Learning is noisy : the myth of silence in the reading-writing classroom / Wendy C. Kasten -- Inventing conversations in second-language classrooms : what students say and how they say it / Kathryn F. Whitmore -- Conflict during classroom discussions can be a good thing / Janice F. Almasi and Linda B. Gambrell -- Exploring the complexities of peer-led literature discussions : the influence of gender / Karen S. Evans -- Encouraging quality peer talk with diverse students in mainstream classrooms : learning from and with teachers / Taffy E. Raphael, Cynthia H. Brock, and Susan M. Wallace -- Watching teachers watch children talk about books / Jeanne R. Paratore, Sheila Garnick, and Trinidad Lewis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes In English
Subject Group reading -- Research.
Group reading.
Language arts (Primary)
Language arts (Primary) -- Research.
Literacy -- Research.
Literature -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Research.
Peer teaching.
Peer teaching -- Research.
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Primary)
Reading (Primary) -- Research.
Author McCormack, Rachel L.
Paratore, Jeanne R.
LC no. 97027908
ISBN 0872071812