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Download full textSalinas, Mary Ellen Swanson – 1972
This study attempted to evaluate the effects on pupil performance of three and four years of intensive oral language instruction in English or Spanish. The subjects were disadvantaged third and fourth grade Mexican-American children who had been members of experimental classes since first grade in the San Antonio Language Research Project. The…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
ARNOLD, RICHARD D. – 1968
THREE GROUPS OF DISADVANTAGED MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE CHANGES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GRADE. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AN ORAL-AURAL ENGLISH GROUP OF 102 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WHILE AN ORAL-AURAL SPANISH GROUP OF 67 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN INTENSIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Grade 2
Knight, Lester Neal – 1969
Through analysis of data collected during the third year of the San Antonio Language Project (1966-67), this study attempts to evaluate the effect of three treatments on reading achievement: intensive oral-aural English instruction (OAE); intensive oral-aural Spanish instruction (OAS); and non-oral-aural instruction (NOA). It involved two sample…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language)
Herbert, Charles H., Jr.; Sancho, Anthony R. – 1972
This manual contains some of the history of the project "Initial Reading in Spanish for Bilingual Children," undertaken by the U.S. Office of Education in the spring of 1970. The objective of the project was to gather detailed information and to produce a descriptive analysis of the methodologies employed by teachers in the teaching of initial…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, Guides, Language Instruction
Sousa, Ronald L. – 1977
The purpose of this practicum was to develop a bilingual management system to enable bilingual teachers to monitor individual students' performance in the bilingual program. This required: (1) revising the kindergarten thru sixth grade student performance objectives; (2) developing kindergarten thru sixth grade criterion-referenced tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Answer Sheets, Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
PDF pending restorationSousa, Ronald L. – 1977
The purpose of this practicum was to develop a bilingual management system to enable bilingual teachers to monitor individual students' performance in the bilingual program. This required: (1) revising the kindergarten thru sixth grade student performance objectives; (2) developing kindergarten thru sixth grade criterion-referenced tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Ramirez, Arnulfo G. – 1978
The effect of teaching behaviors on student reading achievement in Spanish was investigated. A group of 18 teachers of Spanish reading and their classes were observed across two reading lessons having similar content. Each lesson was presented in two twenty-minute segments, thus allowing for four videotaping sessions. Students were pre- and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education
California State Univ., Los Angeles. National Dissemination and Assessment Center. – 1978
A summary report is presented of the program that was begun in 1970 in three elementary schools located in a predominantly Hispanic area of the city. The study is divided into four main headings: program description, evaluation design, findings and limitations. The description of the program includes the cultural and social context; the project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools
