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Muniz-Swicegood, Miriam – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
This report discusses an experimental study in which Spanish dominant students were taught to use metacognitive reading strategies while reading in Spanish. Results of the study lend credibility to the notion that bilingual/bicultural children should be challenged to develop and employ more powerful levels of thought processing within the context…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Processes, Grade 3, Language Dominance
Mazeika, Edward J. – 1977
This paper describes an instrument used to assess the receptive language of children. The bilingual child is tested first in the non-dominant language. When the ceiling is reached in the non-dominant language, the tester switches to the dominant language. (The ideal situation would be to give the test in one language one day, then repeat the test…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)