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Adapted Primary Literature

The Use of Authentic Scientific Texts in Secondary Schools

Authors:

  1. Anat Yarden

    1. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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  2. Stephen P. Norris

    1. Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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  3. Linda M. Phillips

    1. Canadian Centre for Research on Literacy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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  • Provides the foundation for conceptualizing APL
  • Advances the role of APL and reading in science classrooms
  • Provides applications of APL and offers a compendium of APL for critical reading
  • Offers the newest research-based approach to the teaching of science

Part of the book series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology (ISET, volume 22)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prologue: The Origins of the First Adapted Primary Literature

    • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Theory of Adapted Primary Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Adapting Primary Literature for Promoting Scientific Literacy

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 15-31

    3. Foundations for Conceptualizing APL

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 33-57

    4. APL and Reading in Science Classrooms

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 59-80

  4. The Practice of Adapted Primary Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Creating and Using Adapted Primary Literature

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 83-108

    3. Teaching Scientific Reading

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 109-124

    4. Applications of Adapted Primary Literature

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 125-142

  5. A Compendium of Adapted Primary Literature Annotated for Critical Reading

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    3. West Nile Virus: An Annotated Example of an Adapted Primary Literature (APL) Article

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 161-178

    4. Coronal Heating: An Annotated Example of an Adapted Primary Literature (APL) Article

      • Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips
      Pages 179-195

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 209-242
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About this book

This book specifies the foundation for Adapted Primary Literature (APL), a novel text genre that enables the learning and teaching of science using research articles that were adapted to the knowledge level of high-school students. More than 50 years ago, J.J. Schwab suggested that Primary Scientific Articles “afford the most authentic, unretouched specimens of enquiry that we can obtain” and raised for the first time the idea that such articles can be used for “enquiry into enquiry”. This book, the first to be published on this topic, presents the realization of this vision and shows how the reading and writing of scientific articles can be used for inquiry learning and teaching. It provides the origins and theory of APL and examines the concept and its importance. It outlines a detailed description of creating and using APL and provides examples for the use of the enactment of APL in classes, as well as descriptions of possible future prospects for the implementation of APL. Altogether, the book lays the foundations for the use of this authentic text genre for the learning and teaching of science in secondary schools.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Anat Yarden

  • Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Stephen P. Norris

  • Canadian Centre for Research on Literacy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Linda M. Phillips

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adapted Primary Literature

  • Book Subtitle: The Use of Authentic Scientific Texts in Secondary Schools

  • Authors: Anat Yarden, Stephen P. Norris, Linda M. Phillips

  • Series Title: Innovations in Science Education and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9759-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9758-0Published: 26 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7826-8Published: 09 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9759-7Published: 16 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1873-1058

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-2236

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 242

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science Education, Literacy, Learning & Instruction

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