Involving 307 primarily Hispanic children with varying levels of English and Spanish language proficiency and 9 teacher-aide teams from grades 2-4 bilingual classrooms in schools located in 5 districts in the San Jose (California) area, the study examined whether classroom social status affected the frequency of study interaction and whether…

This study tested, in the classroom, the proposition derived from organizational theory that the operation of the classroom organizational system is related to the aggregated achievement gains of the students, or, more specifically, that collective achievement is the product of the interrelationship of the instructional technology, the type of…