Reisman to study classroom talk

Abby Reisman is part of a research team with the SERP Institute that has been awarded the Lyle Spencer Award, a $1,000,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation. The study, called “Academically Productive Talk: Strengthening the Infrastructure for Research and Practice” is being led by co-principal investigators Catherine Snow and Suzanne Donovan. The team will create a video database and instrument-sharing site to promote situated research on classroom talk capable of directly informing classroom practice. They will also conduct research on what makes classroom talk academically productive, and provide annotated video resources for teachers and teacher educators that will support the development of teacher expertise in talk based pedagogy.