caa a22 4500 463246500 CHVBK 20180405153327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10763-007-9091-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10763-007-9091-x Print and Image Integration of Science Texts and Reading Comprehension: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Pei-Ling Hsu, Wen-Gin Yang] Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) was the foundation for this study that explored the effect of science text and image integration on grade 9 students' reading comprehension. Two texts in Chinese on the moon phase with different print and image integration were compared—a traditional textbook (TT) used in Taiwanese junior high schools and a systemic functional linguistics text (SFLT) created by the authors for this study. These two texts contained similar concepts but had major differences in several features: technicality, representational structure, degree of modality, and interaction between print and image. A control-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and semi-structured interviews was used. In total, 132 junior high school students were randomly assigned to two groups: one group (n=69) read the TT and the other group (n=63) read the SFLT. Sixteen students with both high and low performances in the posttest were purposely selected as the subjects of the follow-up interviews. Major findings were: (a) students who read the SFLT demonstrated significantly better achievement than those who read the TT, and (b) students who read the TT generated more misconceptions about the moon phase and had greater difficulty in making sense of the images than the students who read the SFLT. Accordingly, SFL may serve as a useful theoretical framework and tool in the design of textbooks and may have a practical application in the science classroom. National Science Council, Taiwan, 2007 print-image integration nationallicence reading comprehension nationallicence science texts nationallicence systemic functional linguistics (SFL) nationallicence Hsu Pei-Ling Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Ting-Jou Rd., Sec. 4, 116, Taipei, Taiwan aut Yang Wen-Gin Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Ting-Jou Rd., Sec. 4, 116, Taipei, Taiwan aut International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Springer Netherlands 5/4(2007-12-01), 639-659 1571-0068 5:4<639 2007 5 10763 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-007-9091-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-007-9091-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsu Pei-Ling Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Ting-Jou Rd., Sec. 4, 116, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Wen-Gin Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Ting-Jou Rd., Sec. 4, 116, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Springer Netherlands 5/4(2007-12-01), 639-659 1571-0068 5:4<639 2007 5 10763 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer