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Using Disciplinary Literacy Strategies to Enhance Student Learning
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Provide students with opportunities to work like real scientists to create memorable science lessons.
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Editor's Roundtable: Literacy Provides Common Ground for standards
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Popular Science Nonfiction and the Connection Between Literacy and the NGSS
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Expose students to inspirational works they can critique and share.
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Viral News: Media Literacy for the 21st Century
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The authors present a lesson designed to address the 21st-century skills of information and media literacy in the context of science issues. This lesson was embedded in a full unit focused on viruses and vaccines at the…
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Working at the Intersections of Formal and Informal Science and Literacy Education
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The National Writing Project provides professional development, develops resources, generates research, and works to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities. In this article, we…
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Linking Science and Literacy in the K-8 Classroom (e-Book)
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If you’ve ever believed you don’t have time to teach much science—or feared you don’t know how to integrate it with all-important language arts lessons—this is the book that will change your thinking. The message: It…
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Methods and Strategies: Connecting Science and Literacy Through Talk
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When students are motivated, engaged, and have opportunities to practice and develop discussion skills taught during literacy time, they can deepen their understanding of science concepts. Communication is an important…
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A Twenty-Year Survey of Science Literacy Among College Undergraduates
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First results from a 20-year survey of science knowledge and attitudes toward science among undergraduates are presented. Nearly 10,000 students taking astronomy as part of a general education requirement answered a set…