On the Road to Science Literacy: Building Confidence and Competency in Technical Language

by: Liesl M. Hohenshell, Michael J. Woller, and Wallace Sherlock

In this article we examine an oral language learning technique called choral repetition for its role in building literacy in the context of an animal physiology course.

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Asking questions ENCdl Observing Science as Inquiry Science process skills

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2013Stock # jcst13_042_06_38Volume 042Issue 06

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