Integrating Science and Literacy Instruction: A Framework for Bridging the Gap

Vast research substantiates the integration of science and literacy, but there are very few books that correlate findings and address specific practices. Integrating Science and Literary Instruction connects scientific research and best instructional practices in literacy and integrates this with the inquirybased scientific process. The authors emphasize process, not a particular program, and focus on three overall areas that influence the merging of literacy and science: inquirybased instruction, extensions of the science literacy framework, and special issues within the design of each section. Each chapter provides indepth information to support and guide those in the educational field as they implement a sciencerelated literacy focus. This book includes: _