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Zhen, Fubiao; Tong, Fuhui – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This study examined the effectiveness of a literacy-infused science (LIS) intervention on science learning of ELs from rural schools in the U.S.-Mexico border area. The intervention consists of teacher-level virtual professional development (VPD) and virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC), as well as a student-level LIS curriculum. Results from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Intervention, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Marichal, Nidza; Coady, Maria R. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
The majority of Emergent Bilinguals (EBs) in the United States come from Hispanic backgrounds. Although a relatively smaller number of EBs attend rural schools, there remains a dearth of research on what rural secondary teachers know and do with EBs to support their learning. In order to accept educational responsibility for all EBs, we must…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Rural Schools
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Murphy, Audrey Figueroa; Haller, Elizabeth R.; Spiridakis, John – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2019
This qualitative study investigated in-service teachers' perceptions of a cohort- mentoring program leading to certification in English as a Second Language (ESL). Interview data from 19 members of a single cohort at a large, urban university showed that participants valued both the support and augmented skills-development that they felt the…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Certification, Second Language Learning
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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
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Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Guerrero, Cindy Lynn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In this year-long randomized control trial (RCT), we evaluated the effectiveness of a year-long, intensive, and structured virtual professional development (VPD) accompanying science-integrated English-as-second-language (ESL) instructional intervention on 187 second grade English learners' English language and literacy development in suburban…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Literacy
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Murry, Kevin G.; Holmes, Melissa Ann; Herrera, Socorro – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The intensive English development/TESL program (TESL-GT) was created through a partnership between Ecuador and one Midwestern university. Through this program, Ecuador's Ministry of Education sought to enhance the instructional effectiveness of secondary English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers. The 67 Ecuadorian teacher participants in this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Accurso, Kathryn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Many K-12 teachers struggle to meet the needs of diverse learners as school reforms promote new disciplinary literacy requirements. In response, language education scholars have argued that teachers must develop "disciplinary linguistic knowledge" (DLK), or an understanding of language in their content area and an ability to design…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Literacy, Intellectual Disciplines