| Description |
xi, 468 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Describing the languages of science. Language in the science classroom : academic social languages as the heart of school-based literacy / James Paul Gee -- The literacies of science / Jay L. Lemke -- Gestures : the leading edge in literacy development / Wolff-Michael Roth -- The role of literacy instruction in science. Why do future scientists need to study the language arts? / Larry D. Yore -- Science is not written, but it can be written about / Robert E. Yager -- Expanding access to science. Girls in science : creating symmetrical opportunities for acquiring scientific literacy / Barbara J. Guzzetti -- The science of reading and the reading of science : successes, failures, and promises in the search for prerequisite reading skills for science / Michael L. Kamil and Elizabeth B. Bernhardt -- Knowing and being in science : expanding the possibilities / Allan Feldman -- Teaching science as a dialogic process. Promoting dialogic inquiry in information book read-alouds : young urban children's ways of making sense in science / Christine C. Pappas and Maria Varelas, with Anne Barry and Amy Rife -- Improving science instruction with information books : understanding multimodal presentations / Laura B. Smolkin and Carol A. Donovan -- Readers are scientists : a reflective exploration of the reasoning of young scientists, readers, writers, and discussants / Jeanne Reardon -- Self questioning and metacognition. Multiliteracies and self-questioning in the service of science learning / Donna E. Alvermann -- Reading comprehension and science inquiry : metacognitive connections / Linda Baker -- Choosing science trade books. Choosing informational books for primary-grade classrooms : the importance of balance and quality / Mariam Jean Dreher and Anita N. Voelker --Highly recommended trade books : can they be used in inquiry science? / Danielle J. Ford -- How not to get lost on The magic school bus : what makes high science content read-alouds? / Laura B. Smolkin and Carol A. Donovan -- Science writing heuristics. Learning from text designed to model scientific thinking in inquiry-based instruction / Shirley J. Magnusson and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar -- Students' science notebooks and the inquiry process / Michael P. Klentschy and Elizabeth Molina-De La Torre -- The science writing heuristic : using writing as a tool for learning in the laboratory / Carolyn S. Wallace, Brian Hand, and Eun-Mi Yang -- Evaluating commercial text materials. Better textbooks, better readers and writers / Cynthia Shanahan -- Choosing science textbooks : connecting research to common sense / William G. Holliday -- Integrating science and literacy instruction with a common goal of learning science content / Harold Pratt and Norby Pratt -- Reaching teachers. Mind engagement : what is not typically accomplished in typical science instruction / Robert E. Yager -- "Reading the world before reading the word" : implications for professional development of teachers of science / Hubert M. Dyasi and Rebecca E. Dyasi -- Afterword. What's next? A view from the editor's perch / E. Wendy Saul. |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Children's literature in science education.
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Language experience approach in education.
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| Added Author |
Saul, Wendy.
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International Reading Association.
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National Science Teachers Association.
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| ISBN |
0872075192 paperback |
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