Academic Conversation Videos

Example/Non-Example with Explanation with Adults

Rationale and examples with high school students

Intro into task by teacher; First graders discuss the water cycle

Second grade class discusses a story; effective use of setting up expectations and management of a conversation.

Two students discuss their answer to a prompt, while using clarifying and paraphrasing

Two students work through a problem by clarifying the meaning of the math word problem

A group of middle school students discuss an article about dreams.

Two sheltered English high school students discuss theme from book with adult support