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Grysko, Rebeca A.; Zygouris-Coe, Vassiliki I. – Reading Teacher, 2020
The elementary grades provide a rich context for literacy and science learning. Reading, writing, and talk support students' conceptual understanding of and engagement with science. The authors provide theoretical and research evidence to support the teaching of five instructional strategies that can facilitate literacy and science learning in…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Memis, Esra Kabatas; Öz, Muhittin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of using multimodal representation modes in the writing practices done by the fifth grade students on their scientific process skills. A combined research method which had both quantitative and qualitative characteristics was used in the research and the groups were chosen as control and…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Grade 5, Science Process Skills, Elementary School Students
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Aydeniz, Mehmet; Bilican, Kader – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of sustained practice with argumentation on the quality of students' written arguments. Participants consisted of 37 students; 22 males and 15 females enrolled in a 6th grade middle school classroom. Students completed six argumentation tasks but only four of them were considered for data…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
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DeFauw, Danielle L.; Saad, Klodia – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2014
This article presents an authentic writing opportunity to help ninth-grade students use the writing process in a science classroom to write and illustrate picture books for fourth-grade students to demonstrate and share their understanding of a biology unit on cells. By creating a picture book, students experience the writing process, understand…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 9, Writing Assignments, Writing Processes
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Benedek-Wood, Elizabeth; Mason, Linda H.; Wood, Philip H.; Hoffman, Katie E.; McGuire, Ashley – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2014
A staggered A-B design study was used to evaluate the effects of Self- Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) instruction for quick writing in middle school science across four classrooms. A sixth-grade science teacher delivered all students' writing assessment and SRSD instruction for informative quick writing. Results indicated that performance…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Huerta, Margarita – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative study explored the impact of literacy integration in a science inquiry classroom involving the use of science notebooks on the academic language development and conceptual understanding of students from diverse (i.e., English Language Learners, or ELLs) and low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds. The study derived from a…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Writing Assignments, Inquiry, Science Instruction