The Structure of Scientific Examination Questions

• Main Author: Day, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Applied linguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Science education.; Assessment.; Science Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Applied Linguistics.

This book shows how Systemic Functional Linguistics may be used to explore and explain the grammar of scientific examination questions.  The author outlines the key elements of this theory and identifies problematical structures that affect the linguistic validity of such education assessment questi...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Systemic Functional Analysis and Science Examinations
• Chapter 2 Pictures and Words
• Chapter 3 Sentences
• Chapter 4 Active Readers.