Text in the Science Classroom: Promoting Engagement to
Facilitate Conceptual Change Contribution to Book Bringing
Reading Researchers to Life: Essays in Honor of Isabelle Beck M.
G. McKeown The context for the research we present in this
chapter is a current line of inquiry examining the nature of the
reflectional text effect in promoting conceptual change. As will
become evident through reading the chapter, this work draws
heavily on research by Isabel Beck and Moddy McKeown. Broughton,
S. H., & Sinatra, G. M. (2010). Text in the science classroom:
Promoting engagement to facilitate conceptual change. In M. G.
McKeown (Ed.), Bringing reading researchers to life: Essays in
honor of Isabelle Beck (pp. 232-256). New York: The Guilford
Press.