The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) is a widely used measure of depressive symptomatology originally authored in English and then translated to Spanish. However, there are very limited data available on the Spanish translation. This study compared the psychometric characteristics of the…

Purpose: Verb processing in early sequential Spanish-English bilinguals was investigated. Primary study goals were to identify potential patterns of development in relative levels of verb processing efficiency in a 1st (L1) and 2nd (L2) language and to investigate factors influencing cognitive control of the dual-language system in developing…

"Read Well" is a research-based reading curriculum designed to improve student literacy. This program includes explicit, systematic instruction in English decoding, sustained practice of decoding skills and fluency, and instruction in vocabulary and concepts presented in text. It also provides support for English language learner (ELL)…

Discusses in a general way the variations in bilingual education programs and explores the roles program assistants can play. Describes the curriculum developed at Palomar College in San Marcos, California, to prepare assistants in bilingual education. (PMP)

The 1981-82 external evaluation of the East Texas State University Elementary Secondary Eduation Act (ESEA) Title VII Bilingual Program is presented. This educational training program is designed to assist the State through the provision of well-prepared teachers, administrators, and specialists to upgrade the teaching of Texas' bilingual…

The cognitive learning theories of Bruner and Gagne and the developmental psychology of Piaget play a central role in the development of curriculum models and instructional strategies to better serve the needs of bilingual children or those whose native language is not English. Each theory has components that may be useful to certain stages in…

DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS, SEVERAL APPROACHES ARE NOW BEING UTILIZED TO UP-GRADE THE STUDENTS' EDUCATION. THESE INCLUDE--(1) TEACHING ACCELERATED SPANISH COURSES TO NATIVE SPEAKERS OF THE LANGUAGE, (2) USING TEACHER AIDES IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, (3) HAVING MORMON FAMILIES TAKE INDIAN CHILDREN…

This battery of test instruments is one of a set of three developed for use in the study of bilingual (English-Spanish) instruction programs and other compensatory programs in Texas. The tests are to be individually administered and are designed to measure children's basic language competence via the perceptual and motor sides of linguistic and…

Seventeen Spanish-speaking children received mathematics instruction in either Spanish or English. Numeric concepts were chosen as the content area so that the results could be understood non-verbally at the outset, the teachers ranked the children's abilities in English and math, and no significant difference between groups was found. However,…

This study is an attempt to explore systematically language attitudes among the younger and more socially mobile Mexican Americans, to determine what linguistic and demographic variables are correlated with differential language attitudes, and to ascertain to what extent, if any, attitudinal commitment to Spanish correlates with behavioral…

This study attempted to determine the relative effectiveness of the conventional teacher-directed approach to spelling instruction when compared to a self-directed student-centered approach for 7th-grade students, many of whom spoke Spanish. Spelling achievement was measured by two forms of the same test, while language I. Q., non-language I. Q.,…

Citations for 733 selected references published between 1914-1967 cover materials on the teaching and counseling of bilingual students. The purpose of the bibliography is to provide as extensive and helpful references as possible. Literature dealing with Indian and Mexican American children is included. [Not available in hard copy due to marginal…

This report has a descriptive and evaluative delineation of those programs which have been (or are being) developed for Puerto Rican students in the public schools of Jersey City. The data of the report have been gathered in those schools with large Puerto Rican constituencies, and have been cast in the perspectives afforded by discussions with…

The second year evaluation of the effects and usage of "Carrascolendas," a children's television series in Spanish and English, was conducted in three phases. A field experiment used criterion referenced tests among Mexican-American children comprising the target audience to measure learning effects. Two experimental groups viewed the…

In order to compare methods of instructing Spanish-speaking children in oral English, 11 children were randomly assigned to the control group--instruction conducted in English using the Peabody Development Kit (PDK)--while 12 children were assigned to the experimental group--bilingual instruction using the PDK. At the outset, all children were…