Structuring a Whole-Class Share-Out

Apr 30, 2024

Watch a high school chemistry classroom build from structured partner talk to a structured whole-class share-out for the first time. Note how the teacher frames and scaffolds the share-out, and how students’ ideas about atoms in a reaction advance.

Video Transcript

Equity

Structured talk can reinforce and expand access to a classroom culture that centrally values and engages with students’ ideas.

Also see this resource for more information on structured talk and professional learning.

Research

Check out a case study of how English learners perceived structured talk opportunities: Ardasheva, Y., Howell, P. B., & Magana, M. V. (2016). Accessing the classroom discourse community through Accountable Talk: English Learners’ voices. TESOL Journal, 7(3), 667-699.
See how A/B partner talk is used as part of a process for supporting language development in this NSTA article.
STEM Teaching Tool Practice Brief 48 https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/48
Read more about the utility of structuring talk, and partner talk as a format, for supporting rigor and equity: Michaels, S., O’Connor, M. C., Hall, M. W., & Resnick, L. B. (2016). Accountable Talk sourcebook: For classroom conversation that works. Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh. Or the related Talk Science Primer
Research article on how secondary science teachers iterated on structured talk: Thompson, J., Richards, J., Shim, S-Y., Lohwasser, K., Von Esch, K. S., Chew, C., Sjoberg, B., & Morris, A. (2019). Launching networked PLCs: Footholds into creating and improving knowledge of ambitious and equitable teaching practices. AERA Open, 5(3), 1-22.

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