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The Physics Teacher -- May 2009 -- Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 290

Learning as They Write: An Assignment to Explain Physics Concepts

Julie McKinney and George Hademenos

Richardson High School, Richardson, TX

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Cross-curricular secondary instructional strategies exist in many different forms and can be applied to any two or more curricular disciplines. Most importantly, these strategies have been proven to be effective in improving learning and comprehension of important concepts across all curricular fields involved in the activity.1–7 There is no instructional strategy as applicable and as important to secondary students in all classes, particularly English Language Learners (ELLs),8,9 as the implementation of writing into a curricular discipline.

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physics education, educational technology, literature, teacher training, educational aids

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Online Apr 2009

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.3116840

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