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ERIC Number: EJ1165060
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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Teaching Scientific Metaphors through Informational Text Read-Alouds
Barnes, Erica M.; Oliveira, Alandeom W.
Reading Teacher, v71 n4 p463-472 Jan-Feb 2018
Elementary students are expected to use various features of informational texts to build knowledge in the content areas. In science informational texts, scientific metaphors are commonly used to make sense of complex and invisible processes. Although elementary students may be familiar with literary metaphors as used in narratives, they may be less familiar with how metaphors function in science. In this article, the authors describe how teaching with scientific metaphor during informational text read-alouds can help elementary students become more cognizant of scientific metaphoricity and develop scientific literacy. Practical examples from two elementary classrooms are included.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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