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Cohen, Andrew D.; And Others – 1976
This paper reports on the Redwood City study of bilingual schooling for Mexican American bilingual children (grades 3-5), a sequel to Cohen's original study (Cohen, 1975). At the end of six years of bilingual schooling, the comparison group was surpassing the bilingually-schooled children in English reading, while the Bilingual group was generally…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Sousa, Ronald L. – 1976
A bilingual multicultural education program was implemented to solve the language and communication problems of the non-English and limited-English speaking students at Winton Junior High School. A needs assessment identified broad program goals as well as individual student performance objectives. The program evaluation and follow-up functions…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
Maffia, Armand P. – 1974
An evaluation of one school district's bilingual-bicultural program indicated, overall, that the Spanish-based students are receiving greater benefit than the English-based pupils. This might be remedied if more bilingual instruction were given. The program operates in two elementary schools, grades K-6; the report includes materials stating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1975
This article updates the Culver City Spanish Immersion Program. Research results for the third year of the program (1973-74) are summarized, and research in progress during the 1974-75 year is discussed. The article closes with a discussion of a series of research issues for investigation, issues in many ways prompted by already completed…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Elementary Education, English
Lebach, Susan M. – 1974
In the fall of 1971, a Spanish immersion program was initiated in kindergarten at the Linwood Howe Elementary School in Culver City, California. The original (pilot) group was in grade 2 at the time of this study, which focused on the pilot group in grade 2 and the follow-up group at grade 1. The major questions examined were: (1) Are the students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
Lesley, Tay – 1971
This study investigates the development of bilingual education in California along with the impact of federal legislation and seeks to evolve a descriptive definition of term "bilingual education" in terms of programs for Mexican Americans in the state. Bilingual programs in the United States and typologies for bilingual programs are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Community Involvement, Curriculum
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1975
This book incorporates a general discussion of bilingualism and its relation to sociolinguistic facts with a description of the Redwood City, California, bilingual education project, begun in 1969. Chapter 1 describes the phenomenon of bilingualism, while Chapter 2 deals with the concept of bilingual education. The relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. – 1976
This report was prepared for submission to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It reviews the California State Department of Education's administration of state and federally funded bilingual programs and identifies specific Department policies and practices that may affect the success of district-level programs for language-minority students.…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers

Compton City Schools, CA. – 1972
This document contains the continuation proposal for the fourth grade Compton bilingual education program. A review of the third year is included with details on process evaluation, project personnel and duties, new vocabulary developed by the project for lexical references, and inservice training of teachers. Information concerning the proposed…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Curriculum Design