Engaging Multilingual Learners in Science: Making Sense of Phenomena is a free, interactive eWorkshop designed specifically for science educators and language educators who support multilingual learners in science classrooms.
This offering provides multiple strategies for engaging multilingual students in the central work of sensemaking in science. Through video, interactions, and reflection activities, science and language educators will learn to:
- Recognize the critical role of eliciting student ideas in science teaching and learning
- Identify considerations for selecting science phenomena that are relevant to students and effective for teaching science ideas
- Support student agency and authority in reasoning about phenomena
- Use teaching strategies that promote language development in the context of sense making
Completing the four modules in this eWorkshop will take about 3-4 hours.
Ready to get started?
- Log in to your WIDA Secure Portal account. Don’t have an account yet? Visit your Member/State page to learn how.
- Locate the course and click on Course Details. Click Enroll Now.
- Complete an eWorkshop and print your certificate.
Learn more on the WIDA eLearning webpage.
View the flier here: https://app.explore.wisc.edu/e/es?s=1427524768&e=788902&elqTrackId=51e861781d16471282f1c296cabd15a9&elq=6575bf5d40204f60aaf5e97953decb8f&elqaid=23195&elqat=1
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