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Dual Language Programs: An Exploration of Bilingual Students' Academic Achievement, Language Proficiencies and Engagement Using a Mixed Methods Approach
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Brutt-Griffler, Janina; Jang, Eunjee – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Employing a mixed-methods research design, this study examines how a newly designed dual language program in an urban school advances language proficiencies among Spanish-English bilingual 6th graders in relation to content area achievement as measured on NYS standardized tests in English Language Arts and Math. It further investigates how…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency
Understanding the Relationship between Latino Students' Preferred Learning Styles and Their Language Spoken at Home
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Maldonado Torres, Sonia Enid – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between Latino students' learning styles and their language spoken at home. Results of the study indicated that students who spoke Spanish at home had higher means in the Active Experimentation modality of learning (M = 31.38, SD = 5.70) than students who spoke English (M = 28.08,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Hispanic American Students, Correlation, Preferences
Dual Language Learners: A Demographic and Policy Profile for New York State. Fact Sheet
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Park, Maki; O'Toole, Anna; Katsiaficas, Caitlin – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
This fact sheet provides demographic information for the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in New York State, based on Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data pooled over the 2011-15 period. DLLs, defined as children ages 8 and under with at least one parent who speaks a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking, Preschool Children
Puerto Ricans on the United States Mainland: A Bibliography of Reports, Texts, Critical Studies and Related Materials.
Cordasco, Francesco; And Others – 1972
The contents of this annotated bibliography are divided into six parts, prefaced by a general description of the conditions and problems of the Puerto Ricans on the United States mainland. Part I comprises a list of general bibliographies. Part II concerns "The island experience," and first lists general works and then specific works.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
The Multicultural Science Framework: Research on Innovative Two-Way Immersion Science Classrooms.
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Hadi-Tabassum, Samina – MultiCultural Review, 2000
Reviews the different approaches to multicultural science teaching that have emerged in the past decade, focusing on the Spanish-English two-way immersion classroom, which meets the needs of Spanish speakers learning English and introduces students to the idea of collaboration across languages and cultures. Two urban two-way immersion classrooms…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Educational Innovation
Final Report of the Evaluation of the Bilingual Mini-School (P.S. Number 45), 1970-71. ESEA Title VII.
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Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1971
The program of the Bilingual Mini-School, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, and located in a junior high school in that area of Manhattan commonly characterized as East Harlem, was designed to reach the junior high school student who had had all his previous schooling in Spanish, as well as those students who,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers