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<b><i>Talk Moves: A Teacher's Guide for Using Classroom Discussions in Math</i></b> <br> offers an award-winning, unparalleled look at the significant role that classroom discussions can play in teaching mathematics and deepening students' mathematical understanding and learning. Based on a four-year research project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this resource is divided into three sections: <p> - Section I: Getting Started: Mathematics Learning with Classroom Discussions <br> - Section II: The Mathematics: What Do We Talk About? <br> - Section III: Implementing Classroom Discussions <p> This multimedia third edition continues to emphasize the talk moves and tools that teachers can use to facilitate whole-class discussions that deepen students' mathematical understanding. <br><b>New to This Edition</b> <br> - <b>46 video clips</b> from every grade, kindergarten through sixth, show students and teachers engaged in successful classroom discussions. Some video clips are new to <i>Talk Moves</i>; others are all-time favorites selected from <i>Talk Moves: A Facilitator's Guide to Support Professional Learning of Classroom Discussions in Math</i> <br> - <b>support for teaching with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics</b> <br> - <b>Try This Out!</b> sections offer specific mathematics problems, questions, and more than twenty lesson plans ready for immediate use in the classroom (lessons can be downloaded from mathsolutions.com/classroomdiscussionsreproducibles) <br> - <b>Math Talk Tips</b> highlight strategies for using specific talk moves, tools, and formats to develop students' mathematical learning <br><b>The DVD</b> <br> The accompanying DVD organizes forty-six video clips by chapter and by grade level for viewing convenience. The clips range from one to nine minutes in length with a total viewing time of approximately two hours and twenty-six minutes. <br><b>See Also ...</b> <br> The two main components of <i>Talk Moves</i>--a teacher's guid