"Creating Settings to Improve Teaching and Learning Claude Nestor Goldenberg.
vive, where they live, what they eat, how and whether they take care of their
young. The class is then dismissed and students go to their assigned groups.
There is a buzz of activity as children collect materials — books, papers, pencils,
reference materials — go to their work areas, and continue their ongoing projects
. Ms. Martin seeks to help rein in the ..."
Successful School Change(Updated) Creating Settings to Improve Teaching and Learning [Hardcover] Goldenberg, ClaudeN. by Claude Nestor Goldenberg Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Teachers' College Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8077-4424-6, ISBN: 0-8077-4424-7
"The growing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in our schools pose increasing challenges and opportunities for U.S. educators and policy makers. A generation or two ago, the achievement of children who came to school knowing little or no English was not a prominent national issue. Today it is. This comprehensive resource explores the research on promoting academic success among ELLs. It provides educators with a firm basis for ..."
"The first scenario illustrates a transition program, where the primary languageis
used forreading and language arts (possibly for mathand other content areas too)
during the students' first two to three years of school. The second of these
scenarios ... of the evident promise it holds. As we indicated in Chapter 2, this
form of bilingual education helps ELLs maintain and develop home language
skills and provides opportunities for c ..."
"Orthographic and cognitive factors in the concurrent development of basic
reading skills in two languages. ... Improving achievement for English-learners:
What the research tells us. ... Gottardo, A., Chiappe, P., Yan, B., Siegel, L. S., &
Gu, Y. (2006). ... Paper presented at the University of California Linguistic
Minority Research Institute: Biliteracy Development Research Forum, Santa
Barbara, CA. ... Are first and second langu ..."