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Direct linkWeinburgh, Molly; Silva, Cecilia – Science and Children, 2011
For the past five summers, the authors have taught summer school to recent immigrants and refugees. Their experiences with these fourth-grade English language learners (ELL) have taught them the value of using models to build scientific and mathematical concepts. In this article, they describe the use of different forms of 2- and 3-D models to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Mathematical Concepts, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
