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Lee, Jaekyung; Kim, Namsook; Wu, Yin – Online Submission, 2018
This study examines undergraduate students' college readiness and educational engagement gaps in a U.S. public research university. The study reveals the heterogeneity of domestic (American) and international student groups. While typical international students may have disadvantages in college readiness and engagement, English speakers and…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Learner Engagement, Achievement Gap, Foreign Students
Chang, Sau Hou – Online Submission, 2013
This chapter focuses on the instruction of diverse students in mainstream classrooms. The first part summarizes academic achievement of diverse students from different ethnicity, gender, language and social class. The second part discusses the characteristics of different diverse instruction. The third part suggests specific instructional…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Classroom Techniques, Student Diversity, Academic Achievement
Weidknecht, Marguerite K. – Online Submission, 2010
Globalization and increased diversity within student populations generate a growing impetus toward a multicultural approach to music education. Additionally, the National Standards in Music Education require that students experience the music of other cultures. However, not all multicultural music programs are equivalent in content, depth of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Music Education, Elementary Schools, National Standards
Kim, Namsook – Online Submission, 2011
The present case study examines classroom interaction in an English as a second language (ESL) class in an urban high school. The study intends to explore the in-depth nature of teacher's effective teaching practices during the instructional time with focus on their influence on linguistically and culturally diverse English language learners'…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Interaction
Weidknecht, Marguerite K. – Online Submission, 2009
Globalization and increased diversity within student populations generate a growing impetus toward a multicultural approach to music education in today's schools; however, student responses to world music are often initially negative (Shehan, 1985). This study investigates whether sixth-grade students become more appreciative of Indonesian Gamelan…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Music Education, Global Approach
Kim, Namsook – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of effective teacher-student verbal interaction during the instructional time with the emphasis on teacher's talk, and its role on linguistically and culturally diverse adult English language learners' (ELL) learning English as a second language. A group of advanced-level English as a Second…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Second Language Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), English for Academic Purposes