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Abstract
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are some of the most jargon-heavy areas in higher education. As such, teaching and learning in these areas includes challenges with lexically ambiguous words and phrases, where one term has different meaning in another STEM field, non-STEM field, or broadly in society. These further can be confounded when crosscutting concepts may include an aspect of lexical ambiguity. Overall, such topics and areas are understudied in STEM. This work describes a set of resources and guides for educators to orient themselves on the potential challenges of crosscutting concepts and lexical ambiguity, analyze lexically ambiguous words and phrases in their own disciplines, apply time efficient teaching strategies, and—broadly—scaffold their approaches to these educational challenges.
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Rachel Yoho
Rachel Yoho ([email protected]) is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Global Health at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.