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Download full textPolanco, Paul; Luft de Baker, Doris – Athens Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of this review is to provide a comparison of reading outcomes of the two most popular bilingual programs in the United States: Transitional Bilingual Education and Two-way Bilingual programs. To provide context, we present a theoretical framework and a brief historical perspective on how these programs came to gain popularity. We…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Immersion Programs, Educational History, Outcomes of Education
Rossell, Christine H. – 1986
The Walsh and Carballo evaluation of the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education programs in five Massachusetts communities, has the following flaws: (1) the sample of school districts studied suffered from "self-selection bias"; (2) the sample does not include a single large, urban school district; (3) the student samples…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Control Groups, English Instruction, Experimental Groups
Peer reviewedSnow, Catherine E. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Rossell's critique of the Walsh and Carballo (1986) study of five bilingual education programs in Massachusetts is marred by a number of problems, here identified. (BJV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Catheline, Michael – 1982
This overview of bilingual education ih Ohio includes profiles of bilingual programs in Youngstown, Toledo, Cleveland, and Athens. Current practices in these programs are considered with regard to funding, identification and assessment of students, instructional models, materials, the cultural component of instruction, parental involvement, and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedGersten, Russell – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
A structured immersion program, coupled with an effective curriculum and empirically validated teaching procedure, was offered to elementary Asian students entering a California school. This approach appeared to have significantly better results, and its effects were maintained for up to two years after completion. (LMO)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGersten, Russell; And Others – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Despite claims that structured immersion programs for language minority students cannot work for low-income students, two immersion projects with low-income Hispanic and Asian children worked; their effects appeared to endure even after students entered the mainstream. (BJV)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRossell, Christine H. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Despite their claim to the contrary, Walsh and Carballo in their report, "Transitional Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: A Preliminary Study of Its Effectiveness" (1986), did not demonstrate the superiority of bilingual education because their study was marred by a number of problems, here identified. (BJV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Teschner, Richard V. – 1988
The El Paso (Texas) Independent School District's district-wide program in majority-language (English) immersion is examined to determine the source of its success. The program's similarities to and differences from the Canadian immersion model are explored. The program's superior results in comparison with the same district's transitional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Cazden, Courtney B.; And Others – 1990
A discussion of language in preschool education reviews research findings on children's language acquisition and its relationship to their general development and examines issues to be considered in making decisions for each community and program. The first section summarizes basic knowledge about preschool language development, facilitating…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education Programs, Caregivers, Case Studies
