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Direct linkOwens, David C.; McCall, Gillian E.; Jaikaran, Kimi; Cossa, Nedra; Koballa, Thomas R., Jr. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
We investigated pre-service elementary teachers' engagement in science and English language arts (ELA) instruction integrated in the context of a children's book. Teachers developed models and conducted a compare-and-contrast analysis after exposure to different accounts of the butterfly life cycle: a popular children's book, "The Very Hungry…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Calmer, Joseph; Straits, William – American Biology Teacher, 2014
As a science teacher, I regularly use outside reading assignments (e.g., news articles) to help develop my students' understanding of topics addressed in my anatomy class. However, I have found that in simply reading texts, students often fail to (1) understand the context of the science discussed, (2) make the connections between ideas…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Anatomy, Teaching Methods, Reading Assignments
