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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484702103321

Autore

Day Adrian

Titolo

The Structure of Scientific Examination Questions / / by Adrian Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

9789400774889

9400774885

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education, , 2211-193X

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching

Educational tests and measurements

Applied linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Science Education

Assessment and Testing

Applied Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Systemic Functional Analysis and Science Examinations -- Chapter 2 Pictures and Words -- Chapter 3 Sentences -- Chapter 4 Active Readers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how Systemic Functional Linguistics may be used to explore and explain the grammar of scientific examination questions.  The author outlines the key elements of this theory and identifies problematical structures that affect the linguistic validity of such education assessment questions. This book also shows how examination questions may provide insight into the relationship between teaching and language in science.  Do candidates give an incorrect answer because they do not understand the topic or because they do not understand the language by which the question is framed?  This book shows how the analysis of scientific examination questions can answer this question. These chapters show how contemporary linguistics can inform the assessment of science and address topics including: the role of images, lexicography, the



morphology of sentences, semantic discontinuity and the active reader.  An example question is used throughout the text to illustrate the theories and each chapter has its own useful summary, making it a very readable work.