The Almasi article about recitation vs. discussion was very interesting. Before this article I had never really thought there was any difference between the two. The article had mentioned that students may think that recitation is more for the purpose of the teacher instead of the student. The students may realize that the teachers are using the recitation for assessment purposes rather than for having the students construct meaning. The article also spent awhile talking about the benefits both cognitively and socially of discussion for the students. In my kindergarten classroom I don't see a whole lot of deep discussion occuring, but whenever they read a story in class they always discuss how they relate to the book or my CT will ask questions for the students to answer so they are interacting with the topic of the book.
The Goldenberg article was discussing instructional conversation. It says that IC's are "discussion based lessons geared toward creating richly textured opportunities for students conceptual and linguistic development." The article also explains the complexity that comes with planning an instructional conversation. It suggests that it is both professionally and intellectually demanding. Overall I think that it would be great to be able to incorporate instructional conversations in my classroom although I think it will be challenging.
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