A Teacher's Perspective: Using Students' Experience to Understand Science

by: Renote Jean-François, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Boston Public Schools

Can students use their knowledge of natural phenomena to make sense of science in school? How can teachers use this knowledge to construct meaning in the classroom? Renote Jean-François, an English-as-a-second-language and literacy teacher in the Sheltered English Instruction program at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Boston, Massachusetts, shares her perspective.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2008Stock # PB218X_6

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