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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823256903321

Autore

Fang Zhihui

Titolo

Language and literacy in inquiry-based science classrooms, grades 3-8 / / Zhihui Fang, with Linda Lamme and Rose M. Pringle; foreword by Sandra K. Abell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin

London, : SAGE [distributor], c2010

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin Press

[Arlington, Virginia] : , : NSTA Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4522-7175-5

1-4522-0632-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 150 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

372.35

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Science - Terminology - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Language arts - Correlation with content subjects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 - Teaching Science as Inquiry; 2 - The Challenges of Science Reading; 3 - Using Trade Books to Support Science Inquiry; 4 - Learning Language, Learning Science; 5 - Scaffolding Reading Through Strategy Instruction; 6 - Learning to Write and Writing to Learn in Science; Endnotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Research has long supported the positive effects of integrating literacy practices into the science curriculum; now this helpful and timely resource offers science educators effective strategies that they can implement immediately.