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Wood, Carla; Hoge, Rachel; Schatschneider, Christopher; Castilla-Earls, Anny – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This study examines the response patterns of 288 Spanish-English dual language learners on a standardized test of receptive Spanish vocabulary. Investigators analyzed responses to 54 items on the "Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes" (TVIP) [Dunn, L. M., D. E. Lugo, E. R. Padilla, and L. M. Dunn. 1986. "Test de Vocabulario en Imganes…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Phonology, Item Analysis, Spanish
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Powell, Sarah R.; Kearns, Devin M.; Driver, Melissa K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Children in the elementary grades are expected to solve equations to demonstrate prealgebraic proficiency. Prealgebraic differences may emerge based equation type (i.e., standard vs. nonstandard), the operation shown or required for solution (i.e., addition or subtraction), and the position of the unknown. Prealgebraic differences may also be…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Problem Solving
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Leung, Cynthia B.; Silverman, Rebecca; Nandakumar, Ratna; Qian, Xiaoyu; Hines, Sara – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
The present study investigated preschoolers' knowledge of vocabulary that appears in first grade basal readers by applying Rasch modeling to data from a researcher-developed receptive picture vocabulary assessment administered to 238 children. Levels of word difficulty for dual language learners (DLLs) and monolingual English learners (MELs) were…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Monolingualism, Glossaries, Vocabulary Development