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Lelydeyvis Boza; F. Chris Curran; Katharine Harris-Walls; Tiffany S. Tan; Amber Deig; Mark B. Pacheco – Science Education, 2024
As linguistic diversity continues to increase in the United States public school system, schools are expected to meet the needs of their ever-changing student body. While much attention within education research has understandably focused on multilingual learners' (MLs) English language acquisition, an emergent body of work points to science as an…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Science Education, Elementary School Science
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Mark B. Pacheco; F. Chris Curran; Lelydeyvis Boza; Amber W. Deig; Katharine T. Harris; Tiffany S. Tan – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2024
This study contributes to a growing body of scholarship at the intersection of bilingual education and education policy and examines reclassification, or the transition out of formal English language services in schools, as one potential lever in accelerating or decelerating multilingual learners' science learning. More specifically, it traces…
Descriptors: Classification, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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F. Chris Curran; Mark B. Pacheco; Lelydeyvis Boza; Katharine Harris-Walls; Tiffany Tan; Amber Deig – AERA Open, 2024
Multilingual learners (MLs) represent an increasing proportion of public school students. Although much attention has been given to their academic performance in English language arts and math, less research has addressed their academic performance in science, particularly in elementary school. This study leveraged nationally representative data…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science