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Direct linkBerber-Jimenez, Lola; Montelongo, Jose; Hernandez, Anita C.; Herter, Roberta; Hosking, David – Science Teacher, 2008
Unlike the vocabulary used in language arts and social studies, knowledge of expository text (text written to inform) and the language of science are required for reading and writing in science (Carrier 2005). This vocabulary, along with expository text structures, often is not taught in middle and high school classrooms, thus hindering students,…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Second Language Learning, Expository Writing, Sentences
Montelongo, Jose; Berber-Jimenez, Lola; Hernandez, Anita C.; Hosking, David – Science Teacher, 2006
Many students enter high school unskilled in the art of reading to learn from science textbooks. Even students who can read full-length novels often find science books difficult to read because students have relatively little practice with the various types of expository text structures used by such textbooks (Armbruster, 1991). Expository text…
Descriptors: Textbook Research, Text Structure, Expository Writing, Reader Text Relationship
