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Warrican, S. Joel; Alleyne, Melissa; Smith, Patriann; Zaidi, Rahat; Esperat, Tala Karkar; Chen, Yi-Hsin; Yin, Yue – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
The United States and Canada, two countries known to have large immigrant populations, have long since reflected a dichotomy, where Canada is generally perceived to be a country with language policies that demonstrate its receptiveness to embrace multiculturalism in schools and classrooms. In contrast, the United States has consistently espoused…
Descriptors: Literacy, Cultural Differences, Comparative Analysis, Native Speakers
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Pierlejewski, Mandy – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2020
In this article, an evaluation of the English early childhood education context reveals children constructed as data. The complex, chaotic and unpredictable nature of the child is reconstituted in numerical form -- a form which can be measured, compared and manipulated. Children are reconceptualised as data doppelgängers, ghostly apparitions which…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Naicker, Ashika; Singh, Evonne; van Genugten, Tonnie – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2022
With the increasing inclusion of international, intercultural and global dimensions in university curricula, the global classroom brings new challenges and potential opportunities among culturally diverse students. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study assessed students' preparedness and experiences of a COIL course among South African…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Online Courses, International Education, Student Diversity
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Çetin Köroglu, Zeynep – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
The present research aimed to find out whether digital short stories can improve language learners' listening skills. The purpose of this study was to figure out student teachers' perceptions of digital short stories' implementation into language classrooms. Specifically, the current research aimed to investigate whether digital short stories are…
Descriptors: Action Research, Listening Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Vouyoukas, Constantinos; Tzouriadou, Maria; Anagnostopoulou, Eleni; Michalopoulou, Lito E. – SAGE Open, 2017
Ongoing research has demonstrated that culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students may be disproportionately represented among students with learning disabilities (LDs). The main aim of this research was to identify groups of CLD students at risk for LDs using the achievement criterion. To that end, 158 students participated in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Second Language Learning, Disproportionate Representation, Learning Disabilities
Fayles, Cason – Online Submission, 2018
This research brief provides an analysis of 2017-2018 AISD student data, showing significant gaps in school perceptions and experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming students relative to their peers, illustrating the need for additional policies and procedures to support AISD transgender and gender-nonconforming students. A separate full…
Descriptors: School Districts, LGBTQ People, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience
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Mack Shelley Ed.; Mevlut Unal Ed.; Sabri Turgut Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
The aim of the International Society for Technology, Education, and Science (iHSES) conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and practical issues, and connect with the leaders in the fields of "humanities," "education" and "social sciences." It is organized for: (1) faculty members in…
Descriptors: Television, Race, Anxiety, Athletics
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Rogers, W. Todd; Lin, Jie; Rinaldi, Christia M. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2011
The evidence gathered in the present study supports the use of the simultaneous development of test items for different languages. The simultaneous approach used in the present study involved writing an item in one language (e.g., French) and, before moving to the development of a second item, translating the item into the second language (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Analysis, Achievement Tests, French
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Romandia, Mona – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2008
The educational system in many schools fails to meet the academic needs of minority students. The dramatic shifts in student demographics are demanding changes in the ways teachers are teaching them. It is essential to understand the long term effects of past educational practices and bilingual programs. Research indicates that there are many…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Monolingualism
Kitano, Margie K.; Lewis, Rena B. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
This article describes a study designed to examine the relationship of tutoring in specific reading comprehension strategies to gains in reading achievement for children enrolled in self-contained classrooms for gifted students from low-income, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and heterogeneous with respect to reading achievement.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Academically Gifted, Inferences
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Romandia, Mona – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2007
The educational system in many schools fails to meet the academic needs of minority students. The dramatic shifts in student demographics are demanding changes in the ways teachers are teaching them. It is essential to understand the long term effects of past educational practices and bilingual programs. Research indicates that there are many…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education