When Science and Literacy Meet: Creating Support for Teachers Implementing Writing in the Science Classroom

该项目建议编写两本书和一本专业发展手册，讲述在科学课堂上写作学习策略的作用和实践。这些书将强调有目的写作作为一种学习工具的重要性。这项工作建立在作者对写作学习与提高学生理解力和理科成绩之间的联系的研究之上。第一本书将面向K-6教师，第二本将解决7-12岁教师的需求。为了满足小学和中学课堂上截然不同的教学要求，并解决与中学科学相关的更高水平的内容知识，建议编写单独的书籍。海尼曼出版社已经同意将这两本书列入他们的科学与扫盲系列。

This project proposes to create two books and a professional development manual about the roles and practice of writing-to-learn strategies in science classrooms. The books will emphasize the importance of purposeful writing as a learning tool. This work builds on the author's research on the connections between writing-to-learn and improved student understanding and performance in science. The first book will target K-6 teachers and the second will address the needs of 7-12 teachers. Separate books are proposed to meet the distinctly different pedagogical demands of elementary vs. secondary classrooms and to address the greater level of content knowledge associated with the secondary science. Heinemann Publishers has agreed to include the books in their science & literacy series.