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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1998
Pre- and postmigration variables that predict psychological distress and self-destructive behavior for Vietnamese Amerasians (N=169) are examined, and implications for counseling discussed. Results may indicate that observing traumatic events is a greater predictor of psychological distress and self-destructive behavior than actually experiencing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Biculturalism
Choonoo, John – 1994
To Examine and Plan for Occupational Requisites and Employment (Project EXPLORE) was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded program in its fifth and final year at Long Island City and Aviation High Schools in Queens (New York). Project EXPLORE served 510 mainly Spanish-, Korean-, Vietnamese-, Mandarin-, and Cantonese-speaking…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Wilkinson, David; Gonzalez, Rosa Maria – 1995
In compliance with state law, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) provides programs to help students identified as limited English proficient (LEP). These are Bilingual Education (BE) courses which provide dual-language instruction in major content areas, and English as a Second Language (ESL), which provides intensive English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Discipline
Schuyler, Nancy; Garcia-Hashas, Patty – 1986
An examination of the effectiveness of programs for limited-English proficient (LEP) students in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) derived information on LEP student counts, programs and services for LEP students, program costs, and LEP student achievement. Information indicated that the count of LEP students was growing (3,042 in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Cost Effectiveness
Young, John; And Others – 1984
Project CAPABLE, in its first year of funding, provided instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) and native language skills, as well as bilingual instruction in science and social studies, to approximately 500 Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese students in grades 9-12. The program operated at three sites in the New York City borough of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Chinese Americans
Villegas, Jose; And Others – 1984
Project BACIS, a multi-site program in its first year of funding, provided instructional, resource, and supportive assistance to approximately 270 students of limited English proficiency in three New York City high schools. The project, which served recent immigrants from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Haiti, had as its primary stated goal "the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Gains, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
An evaluation was done of New York City Board of Education's Project To Examine and Plan for Occupational Requisites and Employment (Project EXPLORE) for 1989-90. In its first year of funding, the project served 427 students of limited English proficiency and 58 English proficient students at Aviation and Long Island City High Schools in Queens.…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Career Education, Chinese Americans, Economically Disadvantaged
Smith, Michael Peter; Tarallo, Bernadette – 1993
The social practices described and analyzed in this report are based on a 2-year ethnographic study conducted in San Francisco and Sacramento (California) in neighborhoods that are home to five new immigrant groups: (1) Mexicans, (2) Chinese, (3) Vietnamese, (4) Mien (Lao), and (5) undocumented refugees from El Salvador. Interviews with more than…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers
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Spano, Sedra G. – Feedback, 1991
Information about limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) is summarized. In the 1990-91 school year, 5,047 students in the AISD were served in LEP programs at elementary schools (3,933 students), middle schools (555 students), and secondary schools (559 students). Most were Spanish…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Koopman, Roberta; And Others – 1989
This paper evaluates the Seattle (Washington) School District's 5-year Bilingual Resource Service Model project. The project aimed to improve bilingual education services for elementary limited English proficient students of Chinese, Laotian/Hmong/Mien, Vietnamese, or Cambodian native language backgrounds by increasing the instructional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cambodians, Chinese Americans, Coordination
Berney, Tomi D.; Keyes, Jose L. – 1990
The Bronx Computer Literacy and Methodologies of Bilingual Education Program for Vietnamese and Cambodian High School Students (Project CLIMB) served 221 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at Christopher Columbus and Walton High Schools in the Bronx (New York City). The objectives of the program were to develop the students' academic…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians, English (Second Language)
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Medina, Marcello, Jr.; Escamilla, Kathy – Urban Education, 1992
Studies the long-term effects of transitional (TBE) and maintenance (MBE) bilingual instructional programs on development of native and English oral language proficiency for 125 TBE-instructed Vietnamese and 298 MBE-instructed Hispanic American children from kindergarten through second grade. Discusses significant findings on positive and negative…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Educational Change
Chuong, Chung Hoang – 1994
This revised version of the 1988 essay "Working with Vietnamese High School Students" includes updated demographics, profiles of the Amerasian newcomers and the children of Vietnamese re-education internees, who have been among the latest arrivals from Southeast Asia, a review of the literature on Vietnamese students, and a discussion of key…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Cognitive Style
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project BETA provided intellectually gifted, limited English proficient (LEP) students with educational programs geared to their talents. The program also sought to instill in students a sense of pride in their native cultures through exposure to their arts, histories, and languages. The program's chief goal was to prepare all students for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
Inman, Deborah; Schulman, Robert – 1984
Project BABS, in the second of a three year funding cycle, provided career counseling and job internships with business enterprises, in addition to a computerized reading program, to approximately 600 limited English proficient (LEP) students. The students--of Chinese/Vietnamese, Greek, Russian, and Hispanic descent--attended four New York City…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Skills, Career Counseling
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