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How do teachers get started using these moves?

What are talk moves?
-Cathy O'Connor

Repeat

Students restate a contribution of a classmate either verbatim or paraphrased.

- Useful when an idea is out on the floor and teacher wants more engagement.

- Repeating, even when reformulated in your own words, requires another layer of thinking.

- It is somewhat challenging to repeat classmates' contributions.

- The expectation that students be able to repeat contributions is useful. Students are "on call" and must attend to conversation.

- Even teachers find the task challenging in meetings, etc.

- This move changes the level at which people listen.

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