Tan, Aik-Ling

2020, Seah, Lay Hoon, Adams, Jonathon, Tan, Aik-Ling, Silver, Rita, Chin, Tan Ying

2019, Seah, Lay Hoon, Adams, Jonathon, Tan, Aik-Ling, Silver, Rita, Chin, Tan Ying

The role of language in science learning and teaching has been a focus of science education research for over three decades. This rich body of research has led to the insight that learning the language of science is constitutive of learning science: simultaneously with participating in classroom activities and conversations, describing observations and constructing conceptual understanding, students must begin to appropriate the language of science.