Implementing an Instructional Framework and Content Literacy Strategies Into Middle and High School Science Classes

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The purpose of this research study was to examine the usage and perceived benefits of the ERR (Evocation, Realization of Meaning, and Reflection; Meredith & Steele, 201129. Meredith, K. S. and Steele, J. L. 2011. Classrooms of wonder and wisdom: Reading, writing, and critical thinking for the 21st century, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. View all references) instructional framework and content literacy strategies with middle and high school science teachers. Former students who had participated in an undergraduate or graduate content literacy course were asked to complete an online survey containing quantitative and qualitative information. Findings indicated the following: (a) science teachers who participated in the study are utilizing the ERR instructional framework and they do find it beneficial, (b) science teachers use vocabulary and evocation (before reading) strategies more frequently than other strategies, and (c) instructional strategies science teachers practice most often and find to be most beneficial are modeled in both content literacy and science methods courses.View full textDownload full textKeywordsteacher education, content literacy, science education, ERR FrameworkRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2012.707293