Date Approved
8-4-2025
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
Teacher Education
First Advisor
Elizabeth Petroelje Stolle
Academic Year
2024/2025
Abstract
To be literate within a particular area of study requires an understanding of the literary disciplinary norms practiced in that field. Within the science classroom, students are often expected to engage with scientific literature, yet are unable to fully grasp the material since they have not been taught the disciplinary literacies associated with science. This project evaluates research surrounding the area of scientific disciplinary literacy and suggests how it could be used to inform classroom instruction. Disciplinary literacy skills need to be explicitly taught and modeled to demonstrate how students can approach texts and other literacy practices as a scientist. The scientific disciplinary literacy framework developed in this project is designed to adapt to most middle school science classrooms and provides examples for both modeling the process of disciplinary literacy and encouraging students to utilize these skills independently.
ScholarWorks Citation
Kuperus, Elizabeth L., "Like a Scientist: A Method for Introducing Disciplinary Literacy in the Science Classroom" (2025). Culminating Experience Projects. 624.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/624
