Improving schooling for language-minority children : a research agenda / Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, editors ; Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students.

Contributor:

August, Diane.

Hakuta, Kenji.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States.

Linguistic minorities.

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

English language--Study and teaching--United States--Bilingual method.

English language.

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children , a committee of experts focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a strong and credible knowledge base to inform the activities of those who educate children as well as those who fund and conduct research. The book reviews a broad range of studies-from basic ones on language, literacy, and learning to others in educational settings. The committee proposes a research agenda that responds to issues of policy and practice yet maintains scientific integrity. This comprehensive volume provides perspective on the history of bilingual education in the United States; summarizes relevant research on development of a second language, literacy, and content knowledge; reviews past evaluation studies; explores what we know about effective schools and classrooms for these children; examines research on the education of teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students; critically reviews the system for the collection of education statistics as it relates to this student population; and recommends changes in the infrastructure that supports research on these students.

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""

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-309-17545-3

0-309-52272-2

0-585-00197-9

OCLC:

923258672