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Schneider, Susan – 1990
A study evaluated two El Paso, Texas bilingual education program types, including a state-mandated transitional model (n=18 schools, 5,607 students) and a bilingual immersion program (n=19 schools, 4,717 students). Both programs are designed so students will exit after grade 4, but some continue in grades 5 and 6. Student characteristics are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedMaquire, Mary H. – Elementary School Journal, 1989
Describes the development and implementation of a whole language program in Quebec (Canada), a unilingual French province. Focuses on the meaning of educational change at various levels of Quebec's educational system. Presents perspectives and competing ideologies on whole language. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
