Language issues in mathematics and science: An analysis of examiners' reports on students' performance in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (2010-2011)

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dc.contributor.authorHewitt-Bradshaw, Iris P.
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-14T16:25:25Z
dc.date.available2012-11-14T16:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis study adopted a systemic-functional approach to analyse the language issues that examiners referred to in their reports on candidates' performance in mathematics and science examinations administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in 2010-2011. Content analysis of reports in mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, human and social biology, and integrated science identified four salient areas of language challenges for students-subject discipline terminology, data representation, content area reading, and content area writing-as these related to students' understanding and expression. Examiners' recommendations to address these issues were also analysed. It is suggested that Caribbean students may be facing challenges in accessing academic language through a language that is not their first language, and that this influences their ability to use conventional tools of the disciplines to show their understanding of mathematics and science in examinations. The article also makes recommendations for curricular review to provide greater opportunities for students to develop critical language skills in content areasen_US
dc.identifier.citationHewitt-Bradshaw, I. (2012). Language issues in mathematics and science: An analysis of examiners' reports on students' performance in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (2010-2011). Caribbean Curriculum, 19, 43-66.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1017-5636
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/13703
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSchool of Education, UWI, St. Augustineen_US
dc.subjectExamination resultsen_US
dc.subjectExaminers' reportsen_US
dc.subjectCXC CSEC examinationsen_US
dc.subjectContent analysisen_US
dc.subjectMathematicsen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectSecondary school studentsen_US
dc.subjectLanguage proficiencyen_US
dc.subjectLanguage skillsen_US
dc.subjectCaribbeanen_US
dc.titleLanguage issues in mathematics and science: An analysis of examiners' reports on students' performance in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (2010-2011)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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