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Levine, Martin G. – Social Studies Review, 1994
Asserts that the rapid growth of the limited-English-proficient (LEP) student population has been a great challenge to social studies teachers. Proposes five reading and writing activities that actively involve LEP students in meaningful instructional tasks and encourage higher level thinking skills. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction

Milton, James; Meara, Paul – Language Learning Journal, 1998
Examined the foreign-language-learning abilities of 14- to 15-year olds in Britain, Germany, and Greece. Comparison of results from tests of students' foreign vocabulary knowledge indicated that British students had only one-third to one-half of the foreign language vocabulary knowledge of Greek and German students. They also spent less time…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Brock, Jon; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Individuals with Down syndrome consistently perform less well than appropriately matched comparison groups on tests of verbal short-term memory, despite performing relatively well on non-verbal short-term memory tasks. However, it is not clear whether these findings constitute evidence for a selective deficit in verbal short-term…
Descriptors: Serial Ordering, Reaction Time, Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory
Pagani, Linda S.; Jalbert, Julie; Lapointe, Pierre; Hebert, Martine – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
We study the benefits of junior kindergarten for linguistic-minority 4-year-olds compared to their linguistic-majority classmates from the same low-income neighborhoods. At the end of the school year, linguistic-minority children made significantly greater improvements in language skills than their host society classmates. At the mid-year point,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Young Children, Poverty
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
This manual has been prepared for those responsible for interpreting scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). In addition to test interpretation information, the manual describes the test, explains the TOEFL program, and discusses program research activities. The TOEFL was developed in 1963 to test the English-language…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Expressive Language
Coomber, James; Peet, Howard; Smith, Carl – 1998
Intended for teachers of grades K-12, including teachers of at-risk students and English as a Second Language teachers, speech therapists, and special education personnel, as well as general classroom teachers, this book offers a methods course to teach vocabulary. The book presents a course syllabus which includes on-line activities, readings,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
New Educational Projects, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1992
This set of instructional materials consists of a 12-page leader's guide and 75 activity sheets to be used in adult literacy programs by parents who want to help their children learn. The leader's guide explains the purpose of the materials and offers suggestions for use of the materials one on one, in a class group, and outside the class or…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
Heerman, Charles E. – 1983
To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
McGavin, Barbara H. – 1990
To improve students' self-concept and vocabulary scores, a practicum unit based in Graeco/Latin derivatives studies in varied learning styles strategies was developed for use in an eleventh grade English class (18 students). After the language analysis and preferred modalities of the target class were identified, students were assigned a target…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Etymology
Cherry, R. L. – 1986
Designed as a teacher's guide to accompany the revised edition of the classroom text "English Words from Latin and Greek Elements," this manual contains the following material that is not in the textbook: (1) answers to all exercises in the text; (2) the Latin and Greek origin of all prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and bases that…
Descriptors: Definitions, English Instruction, Etymology, Greek
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1988
This report describes the results of the October, 1987, state assessment of basic skills of all Washington public school students in grades 4, 8, and 10. More than 152,000 students were tested using the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition. The first section of the report describes the general state level results for the involved grades.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Kendall, Elizabeth L.; Chenoweth, Roberta – 1980
This activity guide is one of four supplements to be used with "Do You Read Me? Prevocational-Vocational Reading Development Activities" (ED 210 454). Each supplement deals with a different occupational category. Games, puzzles, and other activities are offered to aid in developing the word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Content Area Reading, Environmental Education
Kendall, Elizabeth L.; Chenoweth, Roberta – 1981
This activity guide is one of four supplements to be used with "Do You Read Me? Prevocational-Vocational Reading Development Activities" (ED 210 454). Each supplement deals with a different occupational category. Games, puzzles, and other activities are offered to aid in developing the word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Fine Arts, Industrial Arts, Learning Activities
Batt, Karen – 1988
This curriculum manual combines the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) with multicultural and prevocational education. The materials provide students with information about immigration, how immigrants fit into the economic system and society, and how different cultures and races have evolved. Goals are to give students the opportunity…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Fischer, Kathleen B.; Cabello, Beverly – 1981
A bilingual prediction study was conducted in order to gather information that school districts could use in making decisions about instructional transition for students in transitional bilingual programs. In 1976, 115 third graders were tested in reading, verbal ability, and aural comprehension in both English and Spanish. Attitude toward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Educational Research