Summary
A growing concern for STEM teachers is the responsibility of having students who do not speak English proficiently in their content area classrooms. This paper gives a background of how STEM literacy and English language learner (ELL) literacy can be used productively together as well as strategies for STEM teachers to help all students learn. Strategies for ELL literacy are good for all students. We discuss specific strategies that STEM teachers can use that benefit all students in developing academic language and conceptual understanding in STEM content using a hands-on STEM experiment, “Why do I need to wear a bicycle helmet?” that incorporates Newton’s first, second, and third laws of motion.
Authors
Organization/Affiliation
Indiana University Southeast
Year
Grade Level
Graduate-level (preparation of individuals already holding a teaching certificate), High School (preparation to teach), Middle School (preparation to teach)
Discipline
General, Mathematics, Other, Science
Resource Type
Article - Peer-reviewed Journal
URL
http://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/jste/vol51/iss1/9
Citation
Hoffman, L. & Zollman, A. (2016). What STEM teachers need to know and do for English Language Learners (ELLs): Using literacy to learn. Journal of STEM Teacher Education, 51(1), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.30707/JSTE51.1Hoffman
Content Focus
Culture competency of teachers, including culturally relevant pedagogy, Retention of STEM teachers in high need school districts, Supporting each and every student, Teacher candidate learning—pedagogy