Building Science Vocabulary: Seeds of Science Roots ... - TextProject
Building Science Vocabulary: Seeds of Science Roots ... - TextProject
Building Science Vocabulary: Seeds of Science Roots ... - TextProject
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Many science educators are apprehensiveabout vocabulary instruction.Apprehensions about vocabulary:• Long tradition <strong>of</strong> science as memorization <strong>of</strong> newwords—high school biology texts have 45-50% more newwords than are presented in a semester <strong>of</strong> foreign language.(Armstrong and Collier; 1990)• Words are taught as an end unto themselves rather than aslabels for new conceptual understandings• <strong>Science</strong> vocabulary can serve as an obstacle to conceptualunderstanding
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