학술논문

Content Area Literacy: Individualizing Student Instruction in Second-Grade Science.
Document Type
Article
Source
Reading Teacher; Mar2010, Vol. 63 Issue 6, p474-485, 12p
Subject
Writing across the curriculum
Interdisciplinary education
Science education
Science education (Elementary)
Second grade (Education)
Activity programs in elementary education
Content area reading
Reading comprehension
Curriculum
Language
ISSN
00340561
Abstract
The writers examined a second-grade science curriculum that integrated science and literacy learning objectives with the goal that students would improve both their science content knowledge and their overall literacy skills. The curriculum was called the Individualizing Student Instruction Science, and the particular unit examined was on soil. The unit used the 5-E learning cycle, which supports inquiry-based activities, class discussion, and use of expository text and where the Es stand for engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. The results show that the curriculum that supported students' science and literacy learning.