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Gray - Underserved Populations in Science Education
Enhancement Through Learning Community Participation
ISBN/EAN: 9783843393249
Umbreit-Nr.: 4741291
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 236 S.
Format in cm: 1.5 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 26.04.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
- Zusatztext
- Underserved Populations in Science Education: Enhancement Through Learning Community Participation A positive relationship between college anatomy students'' achievement and academic language proficiency in the context of a learning community was studied. For many students the barrier to learning science is language. It was determined that a relationship exists between low academic language proficiency and lack of success among students, in particular failure among at-risk minority and language- minority students. The study involved students of Anatomy classes at a community college in Central California having a high percentage of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Students from each semester participated in the academic language proficiency and science achievement studies. A number of students enrolled in a Learning Community (LC) that included instruction in academic language in the context of the anatomy course content. Other students also participated in Peer-led Support (PLS) sessions. Several participated in a textbook use study and in a Cooperative-Learning (CL) study.
- Autorenportrait
- Dr. Jennifer E. Gray, Ed.D., DTM&H - Currently Professor of Biology, Madera Community College Center. B.S. Medical Technology; M.A. Biology; University of California, Berkeley, M.S. Genetic Counseling; University of California, Davis, Ed.D. 2003. Gorgas Memorial Institute, Lima Peru, Diplomat in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.