Contains the keyword Science--Study and teaching--United States
"Building on a growing interest in the ways in which language and literacy practices interact with science teaching and learning to facilitate or obstruct successful student outcomes, this book contributes to scholarship on the role of language in developing classroom scientific communities of practice, expands that work by highlighting the challenges faced specifically by ethnic- and linguistic-"minority" students and their teachers in joining those communities, and showcases exemplary teaching and research initiatives for helping to meet these challenges."
"PISA Science 2006 provides a thorough examination of the assessment, including chapters on creating a framework for scientific literacy, test design and development, and frequently answered criticisms‚ plus more than a dozen essays on important themes for science teachers and the study's implications for teaching science in the future."

