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Ysquierdo, Rachelle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 requires high standards, but academic achievement among English Language Learners (ELL) falls below that of their peers in Texas. These students' lower academic achievement may lead to their dropping out of high school, not going to college, or being underemployed, a problem that led to this study. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Tang, Shifang; Guerrero, Cindy Lynn; Lopez, Tamara; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Using a low inference observation instrument, we investigated the effect of an ongoing, intensive, and structured virtual professional development [VPD] on fidelity of implementation across conditions in a randomized control trial validation study implemented in seven Texas school districts. The observations were collected three time in the…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Randomized Controlled Trials, Virtual Classrooms
VanPatten, Bill; Borst, Stefanie – Hispania, 2012
In the present study, we examine the roles of 1) explicit information about language provided to learners prior to treatment and 2) aptitude (specifically grammatical sensitivity) within Processing Instruction. Forty-two learners of Spanish in their third-semester of study were divided into two groups: those who received explicit information (EI)…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Grammar, Aptitude Tests
Vaughn, Sharon; Martinez, Leticia R.; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Reutebuch, Colleen K.; Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Two experimental studies to improve vocabulary knowledge and comprehension were conducted in 7th-grade social studies classes with English language learners (ELLs). Two different nonoverlapping samples of classes of 7th-grade students (N = 381 and N = 507) were randomly assigned at the classroom (i.e., section) level to a social studies…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Social Studies
Empirical Education Inc., 2006
The authors conducted an experiment during the 2003-2004 school year to determine whether "On Our Way to English" ("OWE"), a product to help elementary students learn to read and speak English, was more effective in a California and a Texas school district than materials already in place. In the California study, 384 English…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Students
Newman, Denis; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2005
The authors were asked to find out whether "On Our Way to English" ("OWE"), a supplementary, text-based product to help elementary school students learn to read and speak English was more effective in a California and a Texas school district than the materials the districts already had in place. They conducted an experiment…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Instructional Materials, Federal Aid, Interviews