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Learn, Apply, and Reflect with the S3D Approach

The videos below are designed to support your understanding and implementation of the S3D Approach for strengthening student-to-student discourse in small-group math settings. Whether you're just getting started or looking to deepen your practice, videos offer practical guidance, real classroom examples, and tool demonstrations to help you along the way.

The collection is organized into four series to help you navigate easily:

🔹 Series 1: Introducing the S3D Approach
Overview of the four steps and how they work together to support discourse across two phases.
🔹 Series 2: Talk Tools – Paper-and-Pencil
Introductions and tips for using each of the four tools in their printable versions.
🔹 Series 3: Talk Tools in App
A walkthrough of the S3D App and how to use each tool to track and support student discourse digitally.
🔹 Series 4: Talk Tools in Action with App
Real classroom examples showing how a teacher used the app-based tools in context.

Choose a series to begin or explore individual videos based on your goals. Let’s get students talking—together.

Series 1: Introducing the S3D Approach

Overview of the S3D Approach

This video introduces the four steps of the S3D Approach and shows how they work together across two phases to support and improve small-group, student-to-student discourse in mathematics classrooms.

Tips for Getting Started - Part 1

This is the first video in a two-part mini-series offering recommendations and practical guidance for beginning your work with the S3D Approach to support student-to-student math talk.

Tips for Getting Started - Part 1

This is the second video in a two-part mini-series offering recommendations and practical guidance for beginning your work with the S3D Approach to support student-to-student math talk.

Overview of Step 4 (Phase 2)

This video introduces Step 4 of the S3D Approach, where you shift from observation to action by using targeted talk moves to address group dynamics and promote meaningful student-to-student conversations.

Series 2: Talk Tools - Paper-and-Pencil Version

Group Dynamics Tool (Paper-and-Pencil)

This video introduces the paper-and-pencil version of the Group Dynamics tool and offers practical suggestions for how to use it to observe and reflect on small-group dynamics.

Discourse Quality Tool (Paper-and-Pencil)

This video introduces the paper-and-pencil version of the Discourse Quality tool and provides guidance on how to use it to assess the depth and nature of student-to-student talk in small groups.

Teacher Support Tool (Paper-and-Pencil)

This video introduces the paper-and-pencil version of the Teacher Support tool and offers tips for using it to reflect on your interactions with small groups and support productive student discourse.

All Tools in Action (Paper-and-Pencil)

This video shows how all four paper-and-pencil tools work together in practice through the experience of one teacher using the S3D Approach to support and strengthen small-group, student-to-student discourse.

Series 3: Talk Tools in App

Navigating the App

This video introduces the S3D App and demonstrates how to navigate the four tools and track discourse across multiple small groups.

Group Dynamics Tool in App

This video introduces the app-based version of the Group Dynamics tool and offers practical suggestions for how to use it to observe and reflect on small-group dynamics.

Discourse Quality Tool in App

This video introduces the app-based version of the Discourse Quality tool and provides tips for using it to assess and track the quality of student-to-student talk across small groups.

Teacher Support Tool in App

This video introduces the app-based version of the Teacher Support tool and offers guidance for using it to reflect on and support your interactions with small groups during math discussions.

Talk Moves Tool in App

This video introduces the app-based version of the Talk Moves tool and provides guidance for selecting and applying talk moves that support meaningful student-to-student discourse.

Series 4: Talk Tools in Action with App

Group Dynamics Tool in Action with App

This video shows the app-based Group Dynamics tool in use, highlighting how one teacher applied it in real time to observe small-group dynamics using the S3D Approach.

Discourse Quality Tool in Action with App

This video demonstrates how one teacher used the app-based Discourse Quality tool to assess and document the depth of student-to-student talk within small-group math discussions.

Teacher Support Tool in Action with App

This video features a teacher using the app-based Teacher Support tool to reflect on and adjust her interactions with small groups to better support student-to-student discourse.

Talk Moves Tool in Action with App

This video highlights how one teacher used the app-based Talk Moves Tool to strategically select and apply talk moves that enhanced student-to-student discourse in small-group math settings.

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