In a 1996 American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) article, Deborah Ball and
Suzanne Wilson (Ball & Wilson, 1996) made an argument for “integrity in teaching,” in which …

In the last 15 years (1994–2009), there has been considerable increased research interest
in:(1) characterising the distinctive nature and constitutive elements of science literacy and …

Twenty-eight freshmen majoring in biology and/or chemistry in an Arab college in Israel,
were given a pre-test and a post-test in which they had to identify the control group and …

To some extent, written academic discourse represents the knowledge and practices of the
academic community. Studies investigating writing styles in various disciplines have …

Specialised translation has received very little attention from academic researchers, but in
fact accounts for the bulk of professional translation on a global scale and is taught in a …

Based on a questionnaire to academic staff, this article examines the reading and writing
tasks assigned to undergraduate science students at a South African university. The article …

This study explores how elementary teachers and students use hedges (tentative words
such as maybe) and boosters (expressions of certainty such as clearly and obviously) during …

There is growing interest in and understanding of the material basis of epistemic practices in
science, and consequently of the role of multimodal representation construction in reasoning …

This Element consists of ten short pieces written by prominent discourse analysts in the
midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each piece focuses on a different aspect of the pandemic …

A utilização de textos de Divulgação Científica (DC) no Ensino de Ciências consiste em
prática estimulada por diversos autores para contextualizar o conteúdo escolar. Por ser …