The Academically Productive Talk Project
Today, students are expected to generate ideas, to explain their thinking, and to make and defend arguments using evidence. This requires an entirely different kind of talk– Academically Productive Talk.
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Video Archive
Select video footage accompanies most pages on this website to illustrate important aspects of Academically Productive Talk. More complete and annotated classroom footage is also available in the Video Archive.
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Teacher Tip Deck
The APT Tip Deck is a handy resource offering dozens of practical teacher move to support Academically Productive Talk.
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The Academically Productive Talk Project was made possible by a grant from the Spencer Foundation #202000131. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Spencer Foundation.
