Assessing Metacognitive Components in Self-Regulated Reading of Science Texts in E-Based Environments
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DOI: 10.1007/s10763-017-9818-2
Abstract: The boom in Internet and communication technology has accelerated change in information delivery channels from paper to networked, digital displaying devices. Reading electronically has altered the cognitive and metacognitive processes readers use to approach science… read more here.
Keywords: metacognitive components; science; based environments; science texts ... See more keywords
Supporting emergent bilinguals’ argumentation: Evaluating evidence in informational science texts
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DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2017.02.006
Abstract: Much of the research on teaching argumentation has focused on the genre, its features, and ways to support students in orally constructing or writing an argument, but far less is known about what students need… read more here.
Keywords: informational science; evaluating evidence; emergent bilinguals; science texts ... See more keywords
Learning From Refutation and Standard Expository Science Texts: The Contribution of Inhibitory Functions in Relation to Text Type
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2020.1826248
Abstract: ABSTRACT Inhibition is thought to help suppress interference from misconceptions in science learning. Using a pre-, post-, and delayed posttest design, we examined the influence on learning from science texts of three inhibitory-related functions—prepotent response… read more here.
Keywords: science; science texts; inhibitory; standard expository ... See more keywords
Seeing What They See: Elementary EFL Students Reading Science Texts
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DOI: 10.1177/0033688219854475
Abstract: Science texts use various text features and multiple representations to communicate meaning to their readers. English science texts are challenging for elementary-level English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in Taiwan because they are familiar… read more here.
Keywords: text features; science; science texts; reading ... See more keywords