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Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1980
A curriculum guide series developed by the City of Chicago's Board of Education to help native Spanish speaking, limited English speaking students develop Spanish language reading skills as a preliminary step in teaching English reading skills consists of 13 books. The level L corresponds to grade 6 instruction. The approach used is…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Guides
Provenzano, Johanna Z., Ed. – 1985
Part of a project to help teachers respond to the challenge of teaching content subjects to a variety of limited-English-proficient (LEP) learners, this report presents the recommendations of a group of master teachers who first identified promising practices for educating minority language students and then supplemented these by selecting…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Grade 4
Wilde, Jeffrey; And Others – 1987
This study examines the academic performance of 6th-grade pupils who participated as Spanish-speaking limited English proficient (LEP) pupils in the district's bilingual education program; were reclassified as fluent-English proficient (FEP); and are now enrolled in all-English classes. The investigation was designed to answer the following…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Grade 6
Chavez, Gene T.; Arreaga-Mayer, Carmen – 1987
A study analyzed the effects of classwide peer tutoring on science vocabulary spelling achievement for three language groups in one school's sixth grade. The groups consisted of: (1) Spanish-dominant and limited-English-proficient (LEP) students (n=8); (2) students proficient at grade level in both Spanish and English (n=14); and (3) monolingual…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment

Fulton-Scott, Merle J.; Calvin, Allen D. – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1983
A study of three elementary school programs (bilingual multicultural; integrated English as a second language (ESL); nonintegrated ESL) for non-English-proficient Hispanic children compared grade point averages in math, reading, and language achievement test scores of first and sixth graders. Bilingual multicultural students were superior on most…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education

Hornberger, Nancy H.; Micheau, Cheri – Peabody Journal of Education, 1993
Examines one example of an enrichment bilingual program in a middle school in an inner-city Latino neighborhood. The article discusses instances of motivated, interdisciplinary, and biliterate learning observed in the classroom, describes obstacles and solutions, and suggests directions for continued curricular development. (SM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives