Next Steps with Academic Conversations: New Ideas for Improving Learning Through Classroom Talk

Zwiers introduced his initial vision for classroom conversations Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understanding. His follow-up book, Next Steps with Academic Conversations: New Ideas for Improving Learning Through Classroom Talk, expands on the first book with updated classroom strategies and practices including:

• an updated synthesis of converstion work across disciplines and grade levels
• highlights of the most recent classroom-based research and theory on classroom conversations
• answers to questions that have emerged during this work with teachers and administrators, and
• new classroom strategies and practices for fostering and assessing classroom conversations.

This resource is the product of his extensive research, co-teaching, and collaborating with a wide range of educators. It was written for busy teachers who want a practical guide for strengthening the quality and quantity of productive conversations in their lessons.