Practice 8: Obtaining, Evaluation, and Communicating Information
Goals For The Classroom |
> Consume information
- textbooks - primary literature > Create information - communicate understandings - share information (writing and presentation) |
What Challenges Might I Have With This Goal? |
> Unfamiliarity with scientific jargon, academic vocabulary, and technical sentence structures •
> Lack of foundation in this area >Lack of a logical flow of information in expository texts > Generate narrative when interpreting text as opposed to extracting information > Accessing information through multimodal means (diverse media communicating information) |
How Will My Teacher Help Me Understand This Goal? |
> In order to facilitate this, science and engineering teachers will need to provide explicit instruction and reading strategies for accessing a variety of primary and secondary sources of information.
> It will also be necessary to provide explicit instructions on reading tables, graphs, graphics, etc… Teachers cannot assume that they won’t have to teach reading. |
Jedi Masters of This Goal Can: |
> Use words, diagrams, tables, and graphs to communicate their understandings
> Ask questions > Read and explain key ideas from scientific and technical sources of information > Engage in critical reading of primary scientific literature or media reports of science > Discuss the validity and reliability of what is being presented. |