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Learning with and by Language: Bilingual Teaching Strategies for the Monolingual Language-Aware Geography Classroom
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Morawski, Michael; Budke, Alexandra – Geography Teacher, 2017
Geography lessons center on a language-based product with socially relevant geographic content. The subject of geography in secondary schools in Germany faces three major challenges that make a stronger focus on language in the monolingual geography classroom necessary. First, more than 30 percent of German pupils in secondary schools have a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Bilingualism, Geography Instruction, Foreign Countries
The Examination of Measurement Invariance and Differential Item Functioning of PISA 2015 Cognitive Tests in Terms of the Commonly Used Languages
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Sekercioglu, Güçlü; Kogar, Hakan – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2018
The aim of the present study was to examine the measurement invariance (MI) of the reading, mathematics, and science tests in terms of the commonly used languages. It also aimed to examine the differential item functioning (DIF) of the PISA test, the original items of which are in the languages of English and French, in terms of the language…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Item Response Theory, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
Differential Rapid Responding across Language and Cultural Groups
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Guo, Hongwen; Ercikan, Kadriye – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2020
Rapid response behaviour, a type of test disengagement, cannot be interpreted as a true indicator of the targeted constructs and may compromise score accuracy as well as score validity for interpretation. Rapid responding may be due to multiple factors for diverse populations. In this study, using Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
"Bildung" Reloaded--Educational Challenges for a Globalized World
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Campos, Julia – L2 Journal, 2015
Worldwide, education promises a better future for aspiring generations. However, our current educational landscape has been shaped by neoliberal thinking, and is thus often oriented toward economic objectives. In Germany "Bildung" is a notion coined by philosophers representing a broad liberal and critical education, and the cultural and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, German, Labor Market, Second Language Learning
Components of Reading Comprehension in Adolescent First-Language and Second-Language Students from Low-Track Schools
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Marx, Alexandra; Stanat, Petra; Roick, Thorsten; Segerer, Robin; Marx, Peter; Schneider, Wolfgang – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
Based on the "Simple View of Reading," the present study investigates whether component skills of reading differ between adolescents from low-track schools speaking German as a first (L1) versus as a second language (L2). In our study, 479 9th-grade students completed the "Programme for International Student Assessment" reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
The Challenge of Super Diversity for Education in Europe
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Gogolin, Ingrid – Education Inquiry, 2011
Children and youth at risk are a major challenge facing education systems in Europe. Some systems seem to be mastering this challenge better than others. Observations of the educational fate of immigrant minority children can shed light on the efficiency and performance of European education systems with respect to their ability to deal with…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Children