Literacy challenges faced by students using scientific texts

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Literacy challenges faced by students using scientific texts

Student perceptions of science text impact on their ability to read and understand; highly developed literacy skills are needed to understand the complex language, and scientific descriptions.Textbooks play a big role in science education: these include complex text features, such as diagrams, char...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Marilyn Joy
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2011
Subjects:	non-fiction text students scientific texts literacy challenges science education
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/142

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