Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agenda

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• Publisher: The National Academies Press
• eBook ISBN:
  8578866511043

Table of contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Preface
• Executive Summary
• 1 Overview
• 2 Bilingualism and Second-Language Learning
• 3 Cognitive Aspects of School Learning: Literacy Development and Content Learning
• 4 The Social Context of School Learning
• 5 Student Assessment
• 6 Program Evaluation
• 7 Studies of School and Classroom Effectiveness
• 8 Preparation and Development of Teachers Serving English-Language Learners
• 9 Estimating Population Parameters
• 10 Issues Related to the Research Infrastructure
• 11 Priorities for Research
• APPENDIX A The Infrastructure for Research on English- Language Learners and Bilingual Education
• APPENDIX B Federal and State Interviews
• APPENDIX C Funded Research Activities
• APPENDIX D Committee Sources
• Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
• Index