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Lee, Okhee; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime; Penfield, Randall D.; LeRoy, Kathryn; Secada, Walter G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study is part of a 5-year professional development intervention aimed at improving science and literacy achievement of English language learners (or ELL students) in urban elementary schools within an environment increasingly driven by high-stakes testing and accountability. Specifically, the study examined science achievement at the end of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary Schools, Science Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Lee, Okhee; Adamson, Karen; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime; Lewis, Scott; Thornton, Constance; LeRoy, Kathryn – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
Our 5-year professional development intervention is designed to promote elementary teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practices in teaching science, along with English language and mathematics for English Language Learning (ELL) students in urban schools. In this study, we used an end-of-year questionnaire as a primary data source to seek teachers'…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mathematics Education, Intervention, Science Achievement