Textbooks for secondary schools are characterized by elements of technical and academic language and place high demands on learners. For successful text comprehension, text complexity and individual skills need to match up. In school settings it is possible either to simplify texts or to give support to readers. In the following article, three extracts from biology textbooks used at secondary level 1 are presented in order to illustrate the various challenges these texts pose. The emphasis lies on the individual competencies employed by learners when reading biology texts, focusing on selfregulation and comprehension monitoring skills. Using quantitative and qualitative methods the extent to which learners at secondary level can consciously...
This study concerns text, language, and learning in a linguistically heterogeneous upper secondary c...
Abstract: The study examined teachers ’ perceptions of factors that hinder students ’ achievement in...
International audienceIn an interdisciplinary research project of mathematics and biology it is focu...
Textbooks for secondary schools are characterized by elements of technical and academic language and...
Introduction. Many secondary students experience difficulty in understanding biology at the secondar...
On reading biology text-books Pupils entering secondary school have learnt to read. However, the p...
<span>Students who can meet the demands of academic discourse develop cognitive and metacognitive s...
The present study examined associations between individual differences and comprehension capabilitie...
Many students from elementary school through college encounter difficulty understanding their scienc...
The purpose of this study was to identify reading strategies used by high school students when readi...
This study explored the effect of text cohesion on reading comprehension of challenging science text...
Learning a science requires the understanding of its language, and the textbook as an educational re...
This study concerns text, language, and learning in a linguistically heterogeneous upper secondary c...
This thesis deals with the issue of working with text in biology lessons at primary schools. The aim...
Reading literacy is indispensable literacy for every individual on his way through education and his...
This study concerns text, language, and learning in a linguistically heterogeneous upper secondary c...
Abstract: The study examined teachers ’ perceptions of factors that hinder students ’ achievement in...
International audienceIn an interdisciplinary research project of mathematics and biology it is focu...
Textbooks for secondary schools are characterized by elements of technical and academic language and...
Introduction. Many secondary students experience difficulty in understanding biology at the secondar...
On reading biology text-books Pupils entering secondary school have learnt to read. However, the p...
<span>Students who can meet the demands of academic discourse develop cognitive and metacognitive s...
The present study examined associations between individual differences and comprehension capabilitie...
Many students from elementary school through college encounter difficulty understanding their scienc...
The purpose of this study was to identify reading strategies used by high school students when readi...
This study explored the effect of text cohesion on reading comprehension of challenging science text...
Learning a science requires the understanding of its language, and the textbook as an educational re...
This study concerns text, language, and learning in a linguistically heterogeneous upper secondary c...
This thesis deals with the issue of working with text in biology lessons at primary schools. The aim...
Reading literacy is indispensable literacy for every individual on his way through education and his...
This study concerns text, language, and learning in a linguistically heterogeneous upper secondary c...
Abstract: The study examined teachers ’ perceptions of factors that hinder students ’ achievement in...
International audienceIn an interdisciplinary research project of mathematics and biology it is focu...