Language, Literacy, and Learning in the STEM Disciplines: How Language Counts for English Learners

ISBN-13: 9781138284289 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 284 str.

Ed.D Alison L. Bailey; USA.) Carolyn A. Maher (Rutgers University;Louise C. Wilkinson

Opis

What do mathematics and science educators need to know about the particular forms and content of academic language used in the STEM disciplines? This book critically synthesizes and comprehensively interprets the current knowledge base on language challenges inherent to learning mathematics and science, with particular attention to the unique issues for English language learners. These key questions are addressed: When and how do students develop mastery of the language registers unique to mathematics and to the sciences? How do teachers use assessment as evidence of student learning for both accountability and instructional purposes?

Spis treści

Foreword by Kathy Heid.  Foreword by Catherine Snow.  1. Introduction: Language, Literacy, and Learning in the STEM Disciplines  Part I: Language in the STEM Disciplines  2. Talking to Learn Mathematics with Understanding: Supporting Academic Literacy in Mathematics for English Learners  3. How the NGSS Science Instructional Shifts and Language Instructional Shifts Support Each Other for English Learners: Talk in the Science Classroom  Part II: Literacy in the STEM Disciplines  4. Reading Mathematics Problems: Exploring How Language Counts for Middle-School Students With Varying Mathematics Proficiency  5. Reading and Understanding Science Texts  6. Writing in Mathematics Classrooms  7. Writing the Science Register and Multiple Levels of Language: Implications for English Learners  Part III: Summative and Formative Assessment in the STEM Disciplines  8. Formative Assessment of Mathematics and Language: Applying Companion Learning Progressions to Reveal Greater Insights to Teachers  9. Formative Assessment: Science and Language With English Learners  10. The Language of Mathematics and Summative Assessment: Interactions That Matter for English Learners  11. Assessing Scientific Genres of Explanation, Argument, and Prediction  12. Formative and Summative Assessments in Science and Literacy Integrated Curricula: A Suggested Alternative Approach.  Afterword