The Impact of an Integrated Approach to Science and Literacy in Elementary School Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Cervetti, Gina N.; Barber, Jacqueline; Dorph, Rena; Pearson, P. David; Goldschmidt, Pete G.
Titel	The Impact of an Integrated Approach to Science and Literacy in Elementary School Classrooms
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 49 (2012) 5, S.631-658 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.21015
Schlagwörter	Grade 4; Elementary School Science; Literacy; Science Instruction; Light; Energy; Integrated Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Vocabulary Development; Technical Writing; Reading Comprehension; Pretests Posttests; Classrooms; Investigations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Licht; Energie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wortschatzarbeit; Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Leseverstehen; Classroom; Klassenraum; Untersuchung
Abstract	This study investigates the efficacy of an integrated science and literacy approach at the upper-elementary level. Teachers in 94 fourth grade classrooms in one Southern state participated. Half of the teachers taught the treatment unit, an integrated science-literacy unit on light and energy designed using a curriculum model that engages students in reading text, writing notes and reports, conducting firsthand investigations, and frequent discussion of key concepts and processes to acquire inquiry skills and knowledge about science concepts, while the other half of the teachers taught a content-comparable science-only unit on light and energy (using materials provided by their districts) and provided their regular literacy instruction. Students in the treatment group made significantly greater gains on measures of science understanding, science vocabulary, and science writing. Students in both groups made comparable gains in science reading comprehension. (Contains 10 tables and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10