The new science literacy : using language skills to help students learn science by Marlene Thier with Bennett Daviss ; foreword by Harold Pratt.

By: Thier, MarleneContributor(s): Daviss, BennettPublication details: Portsmouth, NH Heinemann 2002Description: xxi, 194 p. : illISBN: 0325004595 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Science - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States | Language arts (Secondary) - United States | Language arts - Correlation with content subjects - United States | Science - Study and teaching (Elementary) - United States | Language arts (Elementary) - United StatesLOC classification: 507.1 Thi
Contents:
Merging science and language -- Activities that merge language and science -- Tools for the new science literacy, performance expectations -- Reading, paths to better comprehension -- Writing, paths to clear expression -- Speaking and listening, paths to clear understanding -- Media literacy, paths to awareness -- If you teach from a textbook -- Fusing science and literacy, practical steps to implementation -- Making parents a vital part of the new science literacy -- Building bridges to literacy in your science program.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-182) and index.

Merging science and language -- Activities that merge language and science -- Tools for the new science literacy, performance expectations -- Reading, paths to better comprehension -- Writing, paths to clear expression -- Speaking and listening, paths to clear understanding -- Media literacy, paths to awareness -- If you teach from a textbook -- Fusing science and literacy, practical steps to implementation -- Making parents a vital part of the new science literacy -- Building bridges to literacy in your science program.

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