Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness

Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching text structure as a tool to assist first grade students' understanding of science content in a unit of study on plants. A quantitative analysis was performed to reveal any difference in mean post-test scores between a control grou...

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Main Author: Christensen, Jamie Lynn
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2008
Subjects:
science
literacy
text structures
Teacher Education and Professional Development
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1484
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spelling ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-24832019-05-16T03:29:30Z Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness Christensen, Jamie Lynn The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching text structure as a tool to assist first grade students' understanding of science content in a unit of study on plants. A quantitative analysis was performed to reveal any difference in mean post-test scores between a control group and a treatment group. Results indicated that the treatment group students' science content knowledge was increased significantly more than students in the control group. Usage of specific text structure keywords did not increase. However, students did use synonyms of keywords. Recommendations for further research are discussed. 2008-07-17T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1484 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2483&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ All Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive science literacy text structures Teacher Education and Professional Development
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literacy
text structures
Teacher Education and Professional Development
spellingShingle science
literacy
text structures
Teacher Education and Professional Development
Christensen, Jamie Lynn
Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness
description The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching text structure as a tool to assist first grade students' understanding of science content in a unit of study on plants. A quantitative analysis was performed to reveal any difference in mean post-test scores between a control group and a treatment group. Results indicated that the treatment group students' science content knowledge was increased significantly more than students in the control group. Usage of specific text structure keywords did not increase. However, students did use synonyms of keywords. Recommendations for further research are discussed.
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title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness
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