Ecobehavioral Variables within a Classroom with Limited English Proficient Students.

Autor/inn/en	Chavez, Gene T.; Arreaga-Mayer, Carmen
Titel	Ecobehavioral Variables within a Classroom with Limited English Proficient Students.
Quelle	(1987), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gains; Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Classroom Environment; Comparative Analysis; Grade 6; Instructional Effectiveness; Intermediate Grades; Language Dominance; Limited English Speaking; Monolingualism; Peer Teaching; Science Instruction; Spanish Speaking; Spelling; Vocabulary Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Bilingualismus; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Unterrichtserfolg; Mittelstufe; Sprachliche Dominanz; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schreibweise; Wortschatzarbeit
Abstract	A study analyzed the effects of classwide peer tutoring on science vocabulary spelling achievement for three language groups in one school's sixth grade. The groups consisted of: (1) Spanish-dominant and limited-English-proficient (LEP) students (n=8); (2) students proficient at grade level in both Spanish and English (n=14); and (3) monolingual English speakers (n=5). For comparison of weekly spelling gains, the second and third groups were combined as one non-LEP group. Experimental stimuli were drawn from the sixth-grade science text. Results of weekly spelling pre- and post-tests demonstrated that the peer tutoring procedures resulted in gain scores for the three language groups. In addition, the Spanish-dominant LEP group made greater gains when compared to the non-LEP group. Implications for the design and implementation of peer tutoring programs for LEP students are discussed. An 11-item bibliography is included. (Author/MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01