Two Streams of Literacy in Science: A Look at First Year Laboratory Manuals.

Parkinson, Jean; Adendorff, Ralph

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ERIC Number: EJ552246

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Publication Date: 1997

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Two Streams of Literacy in Science: A Look at First Year Laboratory Manuals.

Parkinson, Jean; Adendorff, Ralph

Language and Education, v11 n3 p200-21 1997

Reports on an ethnographic study of laboratory sessions in the departments of Physics and Chemistry at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, with specific focus on the comparison of the function of verbs in three first-year laboratory manuals. Several pedagogical implications are discussed. (JL)

Descriptors: Apartheid, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Laboratory Manuals, Literacy, Physics, Science Instruction, Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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