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Masri, Dina B.; Amin, Tamer G. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Background: The coherence of learners' pre-instruction conceptions has been debated for some time. Studies on conceptions of force, specifically, have produced very different results in different contexts around the world. In this study, an integrative theoretical framework linking semantic differences across languages to concept learning in…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Language Usage, Elementary School Students, Concept Formation
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Janssen, Marije; Bosman, Anna M. T.; Leseman, Paul P. M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate whether bilingually raised children in the Netherlands, who receive literacy instruction in their second language only, show an advantage on Dutch phoneme-awareness tasks compared with monolingual Dutch-speaking children. Language performance of a group of 47 immigrant first-grade children with various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Phonemic Awareness, Monolingualism
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Leung, Genevieve; Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Bilingual Research Journal, 2012
This article examines the reported language ideologies and family language policies of the parents of Cantonese-English bilinguals in the U.S. in relation to their children's achievement scores in Cantonese and English. We explore the relationships first by language of instruction. Results show children in bilingual classrooms scored higher than…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Ideology, Bilingualism, Multilingualism