Educating language-minority children [electronic resource] / Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, editors ; Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.
Contributor(s): August, Diane | Hakuta, Kenji | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998Description: x, 118 p.Subject(s): Linguistic minorities -- Education -- United States -- Evaluation | Education, Bilingual -- United States -- Evaluation | English language -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Evaluation | Second language acquisitionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 370.117/5/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-111).
Overview. Purpose and scope of the report. Terminology. Background. Organization of the report -- Bilingualism and second-language learning. Findings. Implications -- Cognitive aspects of school learning : literacy development and content learning. Findings. Implications -- The social context of school learning. Findings. Implications -- Student assessment. Findings. Implications -- Program evaluation. Findings. Implications -- Studies of school and classroom effectiveness. Findings. Implications.
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