Concept Mapping Revisited: Nurturing Children's Writing Skills in Science

Autor/in	Isabelle, Aaron
Titel	Concept Mapping Revisited: Nurturing Children's Writing Skills in Science
Quelle	In: Language and Literacy Spectrum, 25 (2015), S.44-57 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Concept Mapping; Concept Formation; Language Arts; Writing Instruction; Science Instruction; Tutors; Performance Based Assessment; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Concept Map; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Sprachkultur; Schreibunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Leistungsermittlung
Abstract	Concept mapping has long been used an assessment tool by educators to illustrate students' conceptual development of a topic over time. In this article, we chronicle the use of concept maps in a language arts environment. Focusing on a literacy tutoring program for struggling readers/writers centered on hands-on science experiments, we explain how concept maps were used as tools to engage students in authentic writing. Using the example of one struggling reader/writer, step-by-step instructions are provided used by the student's literacy tutor to transform ideas captured on a concept map (generated from experiments and readings about magnets) into a student-written non-fiction, informational book. Results from the student's pre- and post-writing assessments not only show increased writing abilities, but also mastery of science language demands. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New York State Reading Association. PO Box 874, Albany, NY 12201. Tel: 518-434-4748; e-mail: tlalspectrum@mville.edu; Web site: http://www.nysreading.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01