1. Language problems of first year science students / Felicia Zhang -- 2. Language support strategies in first year chemistry / Adam James Bridgeman -- 3. First year chemistry language support at the University of Tasmania / Brian Francis Yates and Michael Guy Gardiner -- 4. Language focus for genetics and molecular biology students / Brett Andrew Lidbury -- 5. Evaluating a genetics concept inventory / Felicia Zhang and Brett Andrew Lidbury -- 6. Language support for first year human physiology and biology / Karen Elizabeth Mate, John Cameron Rodger and Brett Andrew Lidbury -- 7. The benefits of teaching students the language of physics / Jurgen Schulte -- 8. Clickers in a first statistics course / Alice Marion Richardson -- 9. A successful collaboration between language arts and science / Felicia Zhang
Summary
"This book presents cases on the results of a study done in Australia on first-year university students and the impact of new techniques of language acquisition on science education"--Provided by publisher
Analysis
Academic predictors
Computer-enhanced language acquisition
Concepts inventory
Experience based learning
Instructional design
Language focused and career oriented interventions
