Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn: How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students. How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking. The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk. Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue. Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue.

1. Why dialogue? -- 2. Dialogue essentials -- 3. Dialogue to engage students -- 4. One way to learn how to think: develop reasoning -- 5. Dialogue groupings -- 6, Dialogue detectives -- 7. Dialogue structures -- 8. Mysteries -- 9. Odd one out -- 10. Fortune lines -- 11. Philosophy for children (P4C) -- 12. Dialogue exercises in P4C.