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Kaveh, Yalda M.; Sandoval, Jorge – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
Schools in the United States have historically conducted language policing in favor of standardized American English. The current study examines links between language policies in eight immigrant families in relation to educational language policies of two public elementary schools operating under an English-only policy in Massachusetts. The study…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Nel, Carisma – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
Making decisions about English reading instruction is as core a component to teaching as providing the instruction itself. When providing support to learners at risk for poor reading outcomes, for which currently there is a large percentage in South Africa, it is especially important to ensure that the decisions that are made have the highest…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Literacy, Decision Making, Reading Instruction
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Butler, Yuko Goto; Zeng, Wei – Education 3-13, 2015
In response to the growing interest in evaluating young learners' foreign language (FL) performance, this study aims to deepen our understanding of young learners' developmental differences in interaction during task-based paired-language assessments. To examine age effects separately from the effect of general language proficiency, we analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests
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Fernandez, Mary Ruth; Guzman, Norma – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
This mixed methods study examines factors associated with student learning outcomes for Mexican American students in the public elementary schools. The problem of disproportionate identification of cultural and linguistically diverse students in special education is addressed. This study looks at 23 third and fourth grade students by means of a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Academic Achievement, Mexican Americans, Student Attitudes
Gomez, Frank, II – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact (positive, negative, or neutral) of Accelerated Readers (AR), a standard based intervention, on the academic achievement of English Language Learners at Carolina Herrera Elementary School. Carolina Herrera Elementary School, was analyzed using these specific lenses: (1) curriculum and…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Experimental Groups, Core Curriculum, Test Results
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Aron, Isa – Journal of Jewish Education, 2007
This article deals with a recurrent situation in congregational schools, in which parents lobby for a reduction in the number of days per week of instruction. Following two similar studies by Joseph Reimer, the article utilizes the theoretical construct of a "social drama" as a frame for the recounting and analysis of a recent occurrence…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Jews, Judaism, Religious Conflict
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education