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  • Reading and Writing as Scientists? Text Genres and Literacy Practices in Girls' Middle-Grade Science

    Article thumbnail: Reading and Writing as Scientists? Text Genres and Literacy Practices in Girls' Middle-Grade Science
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    Description/Abstract:
    Science teachers are often charged with providing discipline-specific literacy instruction. However, little is known about the reading and writing genres, or text types, typically found in these classrooms. In particular, there is a lack of knowledge about what opportunities adolescents have to engage with the genres privileged in science to learn the discipline's specialized ways of making meaning and communicating knowledge. This article reports on a case study of the reading and writing genres found within four middle-grade science classrooms in one small all-female school. Results suggest that although a variety of text genres were present, there was little discussion of how and why science content was presented in particular ways. Notably, students also had far more opportunities to read than write extended nonfiction. Teachers can cultivate a more reciprocal relation between reading and writing in science by using genres that students read as models for their writing.
    Creator/Author:
    Faller, S. Elisabeth (Beth)
    Submitter:
    S. Elisabeth (Beth) Faller
    Date Uploaded:
    09/11/2017
    Date Modified:
    07/03/2018
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