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Tag Archives: STEM
The Video Game Model for Success in STEM
Darlyne de Haan
In education, we discuss at length growth mindset vs fixed mindset and how we want students to have a growth mindset, especially in math and science. We as educators often hear students say that they don’t have a “math brain” … Continue reading
6 Effective Practices for Teaching STEM to MLLs
Darlyne de Haan
Teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) or STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math; for simplicity, I’ll use STEM in this article) to multilingual learners (MLLs) can be very challenging because STEM vocabularies can be very complex for even the native … Continue reading
STEM and ELT: What I Learned From My TESOL 2022 Participants
Darlyne de Haan
The TESOL 2022 Convention in Pittsburgh was absolutely outstanding! The sessions, presenters, and keynotes provided a plethora of information, strategies, and insights into many aspects of language development, diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges and successes for English learners (ELs). But … Continue reading
STEM and ELD: 2 Great Strategies for Building Vocabulary in STEM
Darlyne de Haan
Vocabulary remains a major factor in English learners (ELs) learning grade-level content. Here, I share two strategies that will pave the way for your ELs to use their previous knowledge to acquire their second language content. Learning logs are a … Continue reading
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Successfully Implement Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning for ELs
Darlyne de Haan
All kids are curious, no matter where they are born or what language they speak. Curiosity—the desire to understand and explain how the world works—drives the questions that we ask and the investigations that we conduct. But how do we … Continue reading
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Tagged as content and language integrated learning, content-based instruction, science, STEM, STEM in ELT
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STEM and ELT: How to Build Background and Prior Knowledge in STEM
Darlyne de Haan
Happy New Year! May 2022 bring you health, joy, and peace. Sir Isaac Newton said it best: “If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” I like to interpret this as meaning he gives credit … Continue reading
STEM and ELT: 4 Science Strategies
Darlyne de Haan
This post covers the final four strategies in my STEM and ELT series. The strategies I discuss here, including the four strategies from Part 1 of this series and the seven science reading strategies from my November Blog, are intended for immediate use … Continue reading
STEM and ELT: 7 Science Reading Strategies
Darlyne de Haan
There is growing interest in how to teach English learners (ELs) science in the general education classroom especially because science contains a lot of reading and academic language. The strategies I discuss here, including the four strategies from Part 1 … Continue reading
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Tagged as content-based instruction, math, reading, reading strategies, science, STEM, teaching reading
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