A study of the interrelationships of linguistic and communicative competence in English and Spanish, self-concept, field-independent cognitive style, and scholastic achievement among Mexican-American pupils at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels found that linguistic and communicative competence were highly related within…

Sample class profile record sheets, student profile record sheets, and diagnostic and mastery tests are included for level 4 of the Mountain View School District Bilingual Diagnostic-Prescriptive Mathematics Program. (MN)

Sample class profile record sheets, student profile record sheets, and diagnostic and mastery tests are included for level 5 of the Mountain View School District Bilingual Diagnostic-Prescriptive Mathematics Program. (MN)

Sample class profile record sheets and diagnostic and mastery tests are included for level 6 of the Mountain View School District Bilingual Diagnostic-Prescriptive Mathematics Program. (MN)

Sample class profile record sheets, student profile record sheets, and diagnostic and mastery tests are included for level 7 of the Mountain View School District Bilingual Diagnostic-Prescriptive Mathematics Program. (MN)

Sample class profile record sheets, student profile record sheets, and diagnostic and mastery tests are included for level 8 of the Mountain View School District Bilingual Diagnostic-Prescriptive Mathematics Program. (MN)

The purpose of the Bilingual Program for physically handicapped children was to provide a learning environment in which handicapped children who do not speak English or who speak with difficulty would be able to function in their native language. Emphasis was placed on the children improving their native language along with learning English as a…

After reviewing recent legal decisions on bilingual education, this report describes the goals and requirements of a bilingual program in a New York City community school district with a large number of Spanish speaking pupils, and the methods by which these goals were to be attained. The training and responsibilities of staff are discussed, with…

The first part of these findings is a report on a study of the characteristics of 120 Spanish-English bilingual children's speech over a two-year period in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. Three types of language measures were used as well as audiotaped speech samples taken in the three communication settings. Preliminary findings…

It is required by Michigan Public Act 294 that local school districts having an enrollment of 20 or more students of limited English-speaking ability establish and operate bilingual instruction programs, and that the State Board of Education approve a testing mechanism suitable for evaluating the proficiency in English language skills of students…

A pilot study was conducted to identify a viable method for analyzing the distinctive characteristics of the English writing of Hispanic students while retaining the consistency of diagnosis of the holistic method. Forty Hispanic students from the eighth and tenth grades were chosen as subjects. Some were fluent in both languages; others were…

Four booklets comprise this document. One is the Dade County Test of Langugae Development (Receptive), Test 1--Elementary, a series of pictures used to measure the aural comprehension of elementary school students whose primary language is not English. There are English and Spanish editions of the teacher's manual, which include testing…

Studies conducted concerning numbers of limited-English-speaking-ability (LESA) students and utility of criteria for estimating this population are discussed. A sample of 287 students in kindergarten through grade three, whose parents had responded to a Language Resource Questionnaire, were selected for study. The teacher of each student was…

A study to determine the effects of oral-aural teaching (intensive language instruction) techniques on pupils' gains in reading proficiency involved 1418 pupils. A sample of first graders and a sample of second graders were each subdivided into four groups. Group one was exposed to oral-aural teaching methods in English for the presentation of…

To prepare for the national norming of El Circo (the Spanish-language equivalent of the Circus Assessment Battery) three research questions were posed. First, will the presentation of test instructions in both English and Spanish significantly increase achievement? Second, what level of language competency is necessary for valid use of the various…