Teaching Science to English Language Learners Building on Students' Strengths

Name: Teaching Science to English Language Learners Building on Students' Strengths
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ISBN: 9781933531250

ISBN-10: 1933531258

ISBN-13: 9781933531250

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ann S. Rosebery, Beth Warren

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Can a student's cultural background support learning in science? Or is concentrating on the specialized vocabulary of science the best way to help Enlish language learners learn science? This book addresses these and other pressing questions you face when working with students whose linguistic and cultural backgrounds as well as their languages are different from our own.Teaching science to English Language Learners combines research findings with classroom vignettes and the perspectives of teachers. The chapter authors strive to support your efforts to see diversity as a resource, rather than as an obstacle, in the science classroom. Among their topics: building on what students know and…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: National Science Teachers Association
Publication date: 5/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Ann Rosebery is a senior researcher at TERC, where she collaborates with teachers to improve science education for students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds.