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Multimodal Semiosis in Science Read-Alouds: Extending beyond Text Delivery
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Rivera, Seema; Glass, Rory; Mastroianni, Michael; Wizner, Francine; Amodeo, Vincent – Research in Science Education, 2014
This study examines elementary teachers reading children's science books aloud to students in the US. Our findings show that science read-aloud semiosis (meaning-making) extends beyond text delivery. In addition to making a written text orally available to students, teachers also deploy different types of gestures (pointing and iconic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Reading Aloud to Others