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Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps : a workshop summary / Melissa Welch-Ross ; Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap ; Center for Education ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Affective education.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Communication in education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Summary of the discussion at a workshop held at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., Oct. 15-16, 2009.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Vocabulary and Beyond: Developing Language for School Achievement""; ""3 Supporting Preschool Language for School Learning""; ""4 Learning Across Languages: Second-Language Learners and Dialect Speakers""; ""5 Language Differences""; ""6 Reflections on Research and Practice""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Staff""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-15913-X
- 1-282-78748-9
- 9786612787485
- 0-309-15387-5
- OCLC:
- 923282157
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