Sentences with phrase «academic written discourse»

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The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

Because students can dissect textual aspects from different viewpoints and have a written record, these discussions are great tools to guide students toward academic discourse.

We foster academic excellence through project - based learning using a constructivist approach, student portfolios, assessments of and for learning and academic discourse and argumentative writing.

Most secondary teachers have encountered students who overuse vague, general words like nice and stuff in their academic discourse and writing.

Last week, e-flux, the journal devoted to academic discourse about art, launched a new website for writing about architecture.