The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany
The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany
The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany
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Discipline-Specific Learnings<br />
This section is concerned with how you help students in this class learn<br />
academic language and skills th<strong>at</strong> may be discipline specific.<br />
Is there a special technical or academic vocabulary th<strong>at</strong> students need to learn to<br />
do well in this class?<br />
______ Yes, specialized terms are very important<br />
______ Yes, specialized terms are somewh<strong>at</strong> important<br />
______ No, students can do well in this class without learning specialized<br />
vocabulary words<br />
If there is specialized vocabulary th<strong>at</strong> is important for this class, please list some<br />
examples:<br />
Please indic<strong>at</strong>e how important each <strong>of</strong> the following is in helping students in this<br />
class learn important technical vocabulary.<br />
Explicit teaching <strong>of</strong> technical<br />
vocabulary in class (e.g., with<br />
examples and definitions).<br />
Learning through encountering<br />
technical vocabulary in course<br />
readings.<br />
Practice using new vocabulary in<br />
worksheets and rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
exercises.<br />
Not<br />
important<br />
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Somewh<strong>at</strong><br />
important<br />
Important Very<br />
important<br />
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