A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Language Support for First Year Students in the Science Disciplines : Resources.

Set of four resources emanating from a project that addressed the language needs of a diverse student body by investigating and testing strategic approaches to learning and teaching in first year sciences. It was concerned with the acquisition of language specific to science and the implicit teachin...

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Institutions:University of Canberra
University of Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Tasmania
University of Newcastle
Autores principales: Zhang, Felicia, Lidbury, Brett, Schulte, Jurgen, Bridgeman, Adam, Yates, Brian, Rodger, John
Publicado: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) 2011
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Acceso en línea:/resources/CG7_441_Final_Report_2011_Zhang_Resources.pdf
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Sumario:Set of four resources emanating from a project that addressed the language needs of a diverse student body by investigating and testing strategic approaches to learning and teaching in first year sciences. It was concerned with the acquisition of language specific to science and the implicit teaching of meta-cognitive skills required in science. The resources include a language difficulty survey instrument; questions and quizzes; physics concept surveys; and class exercises.
ISBN:9780642782298 (PDF)
9780642782304 (RTF)
9780642782281 (print ed)
9780642782298 (PDF)
9780642782304 (RTF)
9780642782281 (print ed)