連接成分在科學教與學研究與實務課題之必要性

The necessity of ‘conjunction’ for science education research and practical topics

科學的教學和學習有賴語言傳遞與溝通，科學還藉由一種特殊的語言，科學語言來建構科學知識，掌握科學語言是科學學習成功與否之關鍵要素。然而科學教學往往關注於專業術語，卻忽略鏈結術語的詞彙，亦即連接成分的重要性。本文從科學知識建構和閱讀理解的觀點論述連接成分居中扮演不可或缺的角色，沒有了連接成分，便難以產生科學解釋和論證。再者連接成分對學習者的影響包括推理和語義理解兩面向。科學教學唯有意識到描述「關係」的詞彙選擇和語法之重要性和必要性，學習者方能對科學事件之間邏輯關係有清晰的判斷，對科學概念有更全面、完整的理解。

The teaching and learning of science always rely on delivery and communication through language. Itis the key factor to affect the success of science learning if the science language is able to generate the scienceknowledge. However, when talking about the teaching of science, we usually prefer the terminologies to theimportance of conjunctions- that connects the terminologies. This study claims that the conjunction plays anindispensable role from the viewpoint of the construction of science knowledge. Without the conjunction, itwould become more difficult to generate science explanation and argument. Moreover, the uses ofconjunction have effect on learners’ to make plausible inferences and their semantic comprehension. Onlywhen being aware of the importance and the necessity of the selection of words and the grammar ofdescribing the relations, the science learners can have the clearer judgments of the logics between differentscience events and the more complete understanding.