Teachers, both mainstream and English as a New Language (ENL), are cognizant of the many languages and learning ability levels of ELLs. They struggle to address the challenges presented by this population of students. Districts with large or small ELL populations face similar challenges: how can mainstream content be made comprehensible to ELLs to…

Efforts are been made by Universities in developing countries to ensure that it's graduate are not left behind in the competitive global information society; thus have adopted international computing curricular for their computing degree programs. However, adopting these international curricula seem to be very challenging for developing countries…

This multiple case study relied upon a socioecological framework and the lens of resilience to investigate practices and processes that are correlated with higher academic achievement among African American, Hispanic, and English language learners. Utilizing quantitative measures for sample selection of 10 higher-performing and 5…

The evident need for correspondence and congruence between social work practice specializations and educational areas of concentration suggests the utility of analyzing the various ways in which social work practice has been conceptualized over time. (Editor/KE)

Written for teachers of gifted and talented students, the handbook provides an overview of gifted education and curriculum development. The first chapter considers the need for preparation of teachers who work with the gifted. A summary of past and present efforts in gifted education reviews research on teacher education and teaching approaches…

Strategies for bringing multicultural perspectives into college courses across disciplines are described. The techniques have been proven effective with predominantly Anglo, human-services-career populations. Strategies include personalization through vicarious learning and case studies, critical thinking exercises, simulation, literary analysis,…

This annotated bibliography, containing the 1995 supplements to the Western Regional Resource Center's publication or inclusion, provides a listing of approximately 150 journal articles, reports, research studies, policy statements, opinion pieces, teaching models, symposia proceedings, monographs, audio recordings, and videotape recordings on…