Honors Program
Honors in Teacher Education
Date of Award
5-2017
Thesis Professor(s)
Huili Hong
Thesis Professor Department
Curriculum and Instruction
Thesis Reader(s)
Huili Hong, Lashay Jennings, Katina Rose
Abstract
This study explored how the integration of science and literacy in an elementary school classroom impacted the conceptual learning and understanding of first grade students. This study was explored around two research questions 1) How do students respond to the weather activities after being exposed to scientific read-alouds? 2) How will the impact of center based science inquiry on students reading comprehension and conceptual understanding of science knowledge change when the teacher engages students in scientific inquiry through the use of centers? Data was collected over a three-day period when the teacher was conducting a weather unit. It was found that through the literacy integration process and use of centers, the students were able to gain a deeper conceptual understanding and procedural fluency of the science topic.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Dye, Morgan J., "Integrating Literacy and Science in an Elementary School Classroom" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 414. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/414
Copyright
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