Language Difficulties in First year Science: An Interim Report

Felicia Zhang; Brett Lidbury; Jurgen Schulte; Adam Bridgeman; Brian Yates

Language Difficulties in First year Science: An Interim Report

Felicia Zhang, Brett Lidbury, Jurgen Schulte, Adam Bridgeman, Brian Yates

Faculty of Arts & Design

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Abstract

A key goal of the study entitled ‘A cross-disciplinary approach to language support for first year students in the science disciplines’, funded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, is to examine the role of language in the learning of science by first-year university students. The disciplines involved are Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This national project also aims to transfer active learning skills, which are widely used in language teaching, to the teaching of science in first year. The paper discusses the background to the study, reports on some of the preliminary results on the language difficulties faced by first year student cohorts in science from data collected in 2008, and describes the framework we have established for the organization and delivery of first year science courses to be implemented in semester one 2009.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium
Editors	A Hugman, K Placing
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	University of Sydney
Pages	159-164
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9781741100623
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Uniserve Science 2008: Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium - Sydney, Australia Duration: 2 Oct 2008 → 3 Oct 2008

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Conference	Uniserve Science 2008: Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	2/10/08 → 3/10/08

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Zhang, F., Lidbury, B., Schulte, J., Bridgeman, A., & Yates, B. (2008). Language Difficulties in First year Science: An Interim Report. In A. Hugman, & K. Placing (Eds.), Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium (Vol. 1, pp. 159-164). University of Sydney. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6259/6907

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Zhang, F, Lidbury, B, Schulte, J, Bridgeman, A & Yates, B 2008, Language Difficulties in First year Science: An Interim Report. in A Hugman & K Placing (eds), Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium. vol. 1, University of Sydney, Sydney, pp. 159-164, Uniserve Science 2008: Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 2/10/08. <https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6259/6907>

Language Difficulties in First year Science: An Interim Report. / Zhang, Felicia; Lidbury, Brett; Schulte, Jurgen et al.

Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium. ed. / A Hugman; K Placing. Vol. 1 Sydney : University of Sydney, 2008. p. 159-164.

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