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Examining the Effectiveness and Validity of Glossary and Read-Aloud Accommodations for English Language Learners in a Math Assessment. CRESST Report 766
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Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Kim, Jinok; Kao, Jenny C.; Rivera, Nichole M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
Glossary and reading aloud test items are often listed as allowed in many states' accommodation policies for ELL students, when taking states' large-scale mathematics assessments. However, little empirical research has been conducted on the effects of these two accommodations on ELL students' test performance. Furthermore, no research is available…
Descriptors: Validity, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Tests, Testing Accommodations
Using the Think Aloud Method (Cognitive Labs) to Evaluate Test Design for Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners. Technical Report 44
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Johnstone, Christopher J.; Bottsford-Miller, Nicole A.; Thompson, Sandra J. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
Finding ways to improve the design of large-scale tests is a timely issue. Recent changes in Federal legislation (including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) have placed greater emphasis on accountability via large-scale tests. Students who have previously been exempted from large-scale assessments, including students with disabilities and…
Descriptors: Measurement, Testing, Test Construction, Protocol Analysis
Reading Strategies or Comprehension Monitoring Strategies?
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Yang, Yu-Fen – Reading Psychology, 2006
In order to probe the relationship between reading strategies and comprehension monitoring strategies and how they function to help readers in comprehension process, the present study utilizes think-aloud and retrospective verbal reports to examine 20 EFL readers' performances in reading texts. The results reveal that the engagement of reading…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Reading Teachers, Reading Processes, Reading Strategies
An Ethnographic Account of the Composing Behaviors of Five Young Bilingual Children.
Halsall, Sharen Weber – 1986
A study examined bilingual children's composing behaviors during classroom writing and their perceptions of writing. Students' descriptions of what occurred in their day-to-day environment were analyzed using ethnographic methods. The researcher observed five subjects--bilingual students in kindergarten through third grade--for 145 hours, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Teaching Mathematics for Understanding to Bilingual Students.
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Secada, Walter G.; De La Cruz, Yolanda – 1996
When children's own strategies for solving mathematical problems are not connected to the way mathematics is taught in school, students fail to make sense of mathematics instruction and begin to "fail." This chapter adopts the position that student understanding of worthwhile mathematical content is the essential goal of mathematics education, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning)
Using "Think-Alouds," Journals, and Portfolios To Assess Hmong Students' Perceptions of Their Study/Learning Strategies.
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Starks-Martin, Gretchen – 1996
A study investigated the studying and reading processes of limited-English-speaking Hmong university students, using think-aloud protocols, reading journals, and study skills portfolios. Think-alouds were conducted in four areas: reading a content-area textbook chapter; taking lecture notes; test studying strategies; and test-taking strategies.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs