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Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
This article presents the development and testing of a content-based video exchange model as a motivating means to introduce lower secondary English learners to English as the language of science. The central goal was that students reach the required curricular content knowledge despite learning some of the content in a foreign language. The model…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Science Education, Peer Teaching
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Wu, Jen-Yi; Tung, Yu-Neng; Hwang, Bi-Chi; Lin, Chen-Yung; Che-Di, Lee; Chang, Yung-Ta – American Biology Teacher, 2014
Various sequences for teaching genetics have been proposed. Three seventh-grade biology textbooks in Taiwan share similar key knowledge assemblages but have different knowledge arrangements. To investigate the influence of knowledge arrangements on student understanding of genetics, we compared students' reading comprehension of the three texts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Grade 7, Reading Comprehension
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Cisterna, Dante; Williams, Michelle; Merritt, Joi – American Biology Teacher, 2013
This study explores upper-elementary and early-middle-school students' ideas about cells and inheritance and describes patterns of understanding for these topics. Data came from students' responses to embedded assessments included in a technology-enhanced curriculum designed to help students learn about cells and heredity. Our findings suggest…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Heredity, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology