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DELATTRE, PIERRE – 1963
THE PHONETIC FEATURES NECESSARY FOR GOOD PRONUNCIATION AND EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGES WERE STUDIED. A FOUR-WAY RESEARCH TECHNIQUE WAS DEVELOPED FOR COMPARISON AMONG LANGUAGES (1) INVOLVING SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, (2) SPECTROGRAPHIC SYNTHESIS, (3) MOTION PICTURE ANALYSIS, AND (4) STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION CONSTRUCTED FOR…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, French, German
Cardenas, Jose A. – 1976
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded Keyes v Denver to the district court for further proceedings. In past hearings, the court had concluded that minority populations in Denver were receiving an inferior instructional program in violation of constitutional and legal rights. After remand from the Supreme Court, the court requested assistance in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Educational Specifications, Equal Education
Hall, Beverly – Notes from Workshop Center for Open Education, 1977
Discusses the Colorado state Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act, passed in 1975, focusing on the implementation of the law, the law's effects, problems in implementing the law, and issues in assessing the success or failure of the implementation of the law. (JM)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Legislation
Denver Public Schools, CO. – 1969
This booklet was developed to help elementary school students to understand the contributions of the Hispano to our American way of life: 1) to learn something about the history of the Hispanic people --the Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish, Mexican-American, and Spanish-American; and, 2) to develop an understanding of the political and…
Descriptors: American History, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1969
The United States Commission on Civil Rights held hearings in San Antonio, Texas from December 9 to 14, 1968 under the authority of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The purpose of the hearing was to collect information regarding the civil rights problems of Mexican Americans in the five Southwestern States. Of concern were the issues of education,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection
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Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr.; Bixler-Marquez, Dennis – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1979
Test report on usefulness of model that utilized collaboration between a school and community in formulation of language policy and selection of bilingual education program. Model assessed sociolinguistic parameters of the community, identified maintenance or transfer status of Spanish, and evaluated degree of ethnic homogeneity between parents…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Models, Parent Participation
Sandoval, Joseph G. – La Luz, 1977
There are numerous opportunities for the Spanish surnamed in careers within criminal justice. The fact that lawsuits have opened doors, that Chicano power activists have demanded representation, and that a large segment of clients in criminal justice are Spanish surnamed certainly means an area wide open for entry. (Author)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Employment Opportunities, Law Enforcement
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2001
This document contains released reading comprehension passages, test items, and writing prompts from the Colorado Student Assessment Program for 2001. The sample questions and prompts are included without answers or examples of student responses. Test materials are included for: (1) Grade 4 Reading and Writing; (2) Grade 4 Lectura y Escritura…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Spanish
HAYMAN, JOHN L., JR.; JOHNSON, JAMES T., JR. – 1964
THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, IN A JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT, INVESTIGATED AN AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD TO TEACH SPANISH TO FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS. RESULTS AT THE FIFTH-GRADE LEVEL SUGGESTED THAT ELECTRONIC AIDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH FEEDBACK (THAT IS, WHERE THE CHILD RECORDS AND LISTENS TO HIS…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Television, Electronic Equipment
Lozano, Anthony Girard – 1976
The question of teaching a standard dialect to Chicano students who are studying abroad has implications for teaching any standard versus nonstandard dialect. The University of Colorado has a program at the Universidad Veracruzana in Jalapa, Mexico, in which the policy is to teach standard Mexican Spanish (the cultivated norm of Mexico City) as an…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, College Students, Dialects
Gaillard, Frye – Race Relations Reporter, 1974
Examines the activities in several towns in western Colorado of the Chicago Education Project, an organization which attempts to make Colorado schools more responsive to Chicano students by increasing the number of bilingual/bicultural classes and the number of Chicano teachers. (JM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Needs
HAYMAN, JOHN L., JR.; JOHNSON, JAMES T., JR. – 1961
A NUMBER OF STUDIES RELATING TO WAYS IN WHICH INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION CAN BEST FIT INTO THE TOTAL TEACHING SITUATION HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICATION RESEARCH. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE IN THIS STUDY TO LEARN WHETHER DIRECT PARENT PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary School Students, Instructional Innovation, Language Instruction
Arguello, John; Garcia, John F. – 1969
The Hispano comprises the largest ethnic group in Colorado; yet a large segment of the community remains in a state of gross poverty and low educational attainment. The most prominent contributing factor is the lack of salable skills and academic preparation needed in today's highly technological society. This document addresses itself to the…
Descriptors: Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Educational Programs
Lozano, Anthony G. – AGENDA, 1980
Discusses the history of the Spanish language in America and notes the influence of Caribbean languages, Nahuatl, and English on Spanish. Describes the archaisms in lexicon, phonology, and grammar of the Spanish of New Mexico and Colorado. Discusses Spanish language maintenance in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the United States. (SB)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Maintenance
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Cobb, Brian; Vega, Diego; Kronauge, Cindy – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2006
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a two-way immersion elementary school program on academic achievement at the end of the elementary school and the end of the first year of junior high school. Longitudinal high stakes test data in reading, writing, and mathematics were collected on native English speakers and native Spanish…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Immersion Programs, Academic Achievement, Inferences
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