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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
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)