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Is Formal Language Proficiency in the Home Language Required to Profit from a Bilingual Teaching Intervention in Mathematics? A Mixed Methods Study on Fostering Multilingual Students' Conceptual Understanding
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Schüler-Meyer, Alexander; Prediger, Susanne; Kuzu, Taha; Wessel, Lena; Redder, Angelika – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
To what degree can multilingual students profit from bilingual teaching approaches, even when they lack experience in the academic or technical register in their home languages? This study explores this research question in a mixed methods design for a German/Turkish bilingual intervention aimed at fostering conceptual understanding of fractions…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Teaching Methods, Multilingualism, German
The Lost Generation: Students of Arizona's Structured English Immersion
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Lillie, Karen E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This study examines Arizona's restrictive language policy from the perspective of English learners (ELs) and reclassified fluent English proficient students who have been enrolled in the structured English immersion (SEI) model. While multiple scholars in the USA have analyzed Arizona's policy impact since its enactment in 2008, none to date have…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, State Policy
Pilot Study on the Feasibility and Indicator Effects of Collaborative Online Projects on Science Learning for English Learners
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Terrazas-Arellanes, Fatima E.; Knox, Carolyn; Walden, Emily – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
The 2006 National Science Board called for new strategies and instructional materials for teachers to better serve English Learners' (EL) needs. Bilingual Collaborative Online Projects in science were created to assist ELs' construction of science knowledge, facilitate academic English acquisition, and improve science learning. Two bilingual…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, English Language Learners, Science Instruction, Bilingual Education
Nurturing "School Minds"
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Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2009
Through order and English immersion, a network of charter schools strives to turn Latino students into informed citizens and leaders inside and outside the community. Chicago-based United Neighborhood Organization, or UNO, is a Latino advocacy group with a history of community organizing. The group recently received a $98 million grant from the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Grants, Hispanic Americans, Advocacy
The Effects of Differentiation and Motivation on Students' Performance
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Fenner, Dorraine; Mansour, Sueha Kayyal; Sydor, Natalie – Online Submission, 2010
This report described how implementation of differentiated assignments provided documentation of how students' motivation increased. The volunteers that participated in this study were 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students struggle academically to meet the expectations of their instructors. These struggles impact how students learn academically,…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, Student Surveys, Student Motivation
Developing Language Via Visual Literacy.
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Feeley, Joan T. – 1975
Elementary and secondary teachers are recognizing that today's children are products of a visual era who bring visual literacy to their school language learning. Visual resources may be developed and used as a valuable motivational technique. The following programs utilizing this approach are outlined: Dorothy Lopez' development of polaroid…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7