Bibliography: Bilingual Education (page 746 of 829)

This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices.  Some of the authors featured on this page include Juli Kim Dixon, Michele A. Heller, Esther Geva, Barbara J. Merino, Barbara Kiernan, Rosemary C. Henze, Chronicle of Higher Education, Walter G. Secada, Naomi E. Holobow, and Ana Ines Heres.

Gutierrez, Kris D. (1993). How to Talk, Context, and Script Shape Contexts for Learning: A Cross-Case Comparison of Journal Sharing, Linguistics and Education. Examined the ways in which language and context are socially and culturally constituted events through a three-year ethnographic study of bilingual (English and Spanish) primary and middle school classrooms utilizing writing process literacy instruction. An analysis of journal sharing activities revealed particular social relationships, normative discourse practices, knowledge exchange systems, and participants' beliefs. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research

Henze, Rosemary C.; Vanett, Lauren (1993). To Walk in Two Worlds–Or More? Challenging a Common Metaphor of Native Education, Anthropology and Education Quarterly. The metaphor of walking in two worlds is frequently used to describe goals of education for indigenous groups in the United States. Five assumptions that lie behind this metaphor are examined critically. It is argued that this metaphor reduces the options available to Native Alaskans and American Indian students. Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Bilingual Education

Secada, Walter G. (1996). Urban Students Acquiring English and Learning Mathematics in the Context of Reform, Urban Education. Discusses whether urban schools' efforts at reforming mathematics should specifically address students acquiring English or assume students' needs will be addressed under the broader aegis of reform. The article addresses thoughts about the bilingual mathematics learner, curriculum, teaching, assessment, and evaluation in which collaborative efforts between mathematics reformers and bilingual educators could be productive. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Educational Change

Reyhner, Jon (1991). The Challenge of Teaching Minority Students: An American Indian Example, Teaching Education. Current teacher education programs do not provide appropriate knowledge for teaching minority students. The article focuses on American Indian students as an example. It discusses the value of using students' home language and culture at school, particularly in the early years, and stresses the value of responsive teaching methods. Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students

Kiernan, Barbara; Swisher, Linda (1990). The Initial Learning of Novel English Words: Two Single-Subject Experiments with Minority-Language Children, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. These two single-subject, alternating treatment design experiments with a total of seven young children (Navajo speaking and Spanish speaking) found that receptive learning of novel words in a second language reaches a preestablished criterion in fewer trials under a bilingual compared with a monolingual condition. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups

Heller, Michele A. (1993). Beyond the ABCs, Hispanic. Describes the problems facing schools with large Hispanic populations and the need for the federal government to develop specific policies directed toward improving the education of Hispanic Americans. Discusses the role of corporate and private support in working toward this goal. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Corporate Support, Educational Change, Educational Finance

Pertusati, Linda (1988). Beyond Segregation or Integration: A Case Study from Effective Native American Education, Journal of American Indian Education. Examines defacto segregated education for Native American students as it exists in rural schools. Uses the programs at Mohawk and Salmon River Schools to illustrate effective practices and notes the role played by parents and community participation, planned transition, and teacher commitment. Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Community Support

Geva, Esther; Clifton, Susan (1994). The Development of First and Second Language Reading Skills in Early French Immersion, Canadian Modern Language Review. Compared 20 good and poor readers in a second-grade French immersion program to 20 good and poor readers in regular English second-grade classes on various indexes of reading accuracy and speed. Found that English-only students achieved independent reading in greater numbers than French immersion students did in either French or English. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Dixon, Juli Kim (1995). Limited English Proficiency and Spatial Visualization in Middle School Students' Construction of the Concepts of Reflection and Rotation, Bilingual Research Journal. Eighth-grade students in bilingual classrooms explored the geometric concepts of reflection and rotation within a computer-based, dynamic, instructional environment. With initial differences controlled, treatment groups performed significantly better on concept formation and spatial visualization than did control groups receiving conventional geometry instruction. Student performance was not affected by level of English proficiency. Contains 72 references. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)

Merino, Barbara J.; And Others (1993). Language Minority Native Spanish Speakers at the Secondary Level and the Role of the Foreign Language Teacher, Peabody Journal of Education. Examines secondary-level Spanish speakers' linguistic needs, highlighting foreign-language teachers' roles. The article outlines a model of acquisition that integrates student development in Spanish with acquisition of English, reviews theories of instruction, describes exemplary programs, discusses unique assessment needs, and analyzes the challenges for teacher educators. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Language Teachers

Holobow, Naomi E.; And Others (1991). The Effectiveness of a Foreign Language Immersion Program for Children from Different Ethnic and Social Class Backgrounds: Report 2, Applied Psycholinguistics. Presents the results of the second year of a four-year longitudinal evaluation of a partial French immersion program in Cincinnati, Ohio, that includes children from lower socioeconomic group and ethnic minority group (Black) backgrounds in addition to majority (White) and middle-class students. (17 references) Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs

Gatty, Janice C. (1996). Early Intervention and Management of Hearing in Infants and Toddlers, Infants and Young Children. This article discusses principles for intervention with young children who have hearing impairments. It covers the nature of hearing loss; diagnosis and types of hearing impairments; sensory aids; and benefits and limitations of different approaches including the auditory-verbal, auditory-oral, cued speech, total communication, American Sign Language, and bilingual-bicultural approaches. The need for comprehensive evaluation is stressed. Descriptors: American Sign Language, Aural Learning, Bilingual Education, Clinical Diagnosis

Chronicle of Higher Education (1995). The Budget at a Glance, Compared with Fiscal 1995; Proposed Federal Spending on Colleges, Students, and Scientific Research in 1996. Charts and graphs present data on changes in fiscal 1996 funding for the Department of Education and other federal agencies, and tables report dollar amounts of fiscal 1995 actual spending, fiscal 1996 estimated expenses, and fiscal 1996 requested aid for student assistance, graduate support, institutional assistance, research, and other purposes. Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Art, Bilingual Education, Budgets

Clair, Nancy (1995). Mainstream Classroom Teachers and ESL Students, TESOL Quarterly. This case study argues that teachers are ill-prepared to give English-as-a-Second-Language students the instruction they need for integration into mainstream classrooms, and advocates ongoing teacher study groups as a replacement for traditional one-shot workshops. (Contains 21 references.) Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Critical Thinking

Heres, Ana Ines (1993). The Construction of Understanding in a Sixth-Grade Bilingual Classroom, Linguistics and Education. Analyzed how members of a bilingual sixth-grade class constructed knowledge as they interacted within a particular event of a social studies project. Through classroom observations, a range of features of classroom life were identified that shaped the opportunities students had to construct knowledge, including temporality, interactionals, spaces, positions and positionings, and intertextuality. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment

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