The effect of bicultural and monocultural school environments on certain aspects of personality development was studied in 47 Anglo and Latino girls (ages 8-12 years). (Author/DLS)

Regression lines for the prediction of achievement were compared across race through the Potthoff analysis, which provides a simultaneous test of slope and intercept values. Results of these comparisons generally supported the predictive validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised across race with this referral sample of young…

The philosophy, practice, and goals of a bilingual-bicultural elementary school program in Mexico are presented. The program, sponsored by Extraescolar, the Office of Extrascholastic Education in the Indigenous Environment, provides instruction to Indian children both in an indigenous language and Spanish. (AMH)

Proposes an integrated program of changes in the educational system to implement a true equality of opportunity for Spanish-speaking Americans. (AN)

Speech sound discrimination was assessed using a bilingual perspective with 32 Black, 32 White, and 32 Puerto Rican first and second grade children from a lower socioeconomic background. (Author/DB)

Examined patterns of school segregation and other ecological characteristics of 89 schools attended by Puerto Rican students who migrated to the mainland United States (New Jersey). Correlations show that the higher the proportion of Hispanics/Latinos, the higher the student body's proportion of students from economically impoverished households…

This paper presents the final project summary for a National Science Foundation (NSF) science education project for developing science career interests in Mexican-American elementary students, conducted at Texas A&I University, and completed in December 1976. The program emphasized long range results with a model which could continue to encourage…

Study results indicated that the TEMAS (Tell-me-a-story), a new thematic apperception test which depicts ethnic minority figures, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds, produced increased responsiveness in 76 Hispanic children to culturally relevant stimuli and may be a promising instrument for assessment of minority children. (CM)

An ethnographic study of how one elementary school changed from an ethnocentric to a pluralistic philosophy is reported. The study focused on the principal, bilingual staff, and parents of bilingual Spanish-speaking students during the 1990-91 school year. (Contains 13 references.) (LB)

This article outlines a 2-year foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) pilot project that resulted in an unusual model of program funding and considers additional issues relevant to funding such programs. The 1990-1992 pilot project implemented by Michigan State University, the Black Child and Family Institute of Lansing, and the Lansing…

Spontaneous speech performance of ethnically diverse subjects was investigated by measuring within- and between-group lexical interface and by assessing direction of vocabulary overlap. Interview data were collected from 144 elementary school children, comprising equal white, chicano and black subsamples evenly divided among lower and upper…

THIS SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN THE FIELD OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SECTION A (METHODOLOGY) LISTS BACKGROUND READINGS DEALING WITH THEORY AND APPROACHES, MATERIALS, AND TECHNIQUES. SECTION B (PRE-SCHOOL OR PRIMARY SCHOOL MATERIALS)…

Black, Puerto Rican, Chicano, native American and low income white children represent the vast educational underclass who are most likely to be affected by test misuse or abuse. More than 50 million American children take at least three standardized tests a year, it is estimated. Of these an estimated ten percent are subjected to and are damaged…

Four resource units are included in this document. For each, general objectives on knowledge and concepts, skills, and attitudes are given; content is outlined; and some suggestions for initiating the unit are listed. The first unit, on measuring length, provides six lesson plans, to teach about the meter, the smaller units of the meter, units…