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2003 Plan For Multicultural Development, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

No abstract provided.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 14, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Mesa Elementary 2 Una Visita a la Mesa Elementary 3 Mi Familia Aquí en la Mesa 4,5 El Estadio Victor Jara 1 Te Recuerdo, Amanda por Victor Jara 6 Deportes 2 Don Medina 7 Lenny Roybal 8 Actividad: Sustituir Palabras 9 Idioma y Literatura 2 A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish 10 Agua Fría from the Federal Writer's Project 11 Solución al Crucigrama 12 Ganador del Premio Nobel: Juan Ramón Jiménez 13 Actividad: Palabras que Riman 14 Parques Nacionales 3 Cave Corrosion Residues: Anybody Home? by Paula Bauer 15 Karst, a Delicate …

Being Black In U.S. Urban Schools: No Assumptions, Lavada Taylor Brandon, Mary J. Didelot

Essays in Education

To be an African-American student attending a school dominated by working class, urban, minority learners means failure. Working class African-American students are not experiencing education, they are colliding with education. These collisions will continue as long as they are facilitated by the assumptive dominant theories regarding African- American students’ educational experiences. One strategy to constructively disrupt these assumptive theoretical notions buried within current theory is to look to a working class, urban African-American student’s qualitative longitudinal formation of identity as she progresses from student to teacher within the learning process as categorized by Bateson (1972). The understanding gleaned from this …

Adult Esl Oral Reading Fluency And Silent Reading Comprehension, Kristin Lems

Dissertations

A descriptive study of second language adults studying ESL at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels in a post-secondary academic program revealed that their oral reading fluency had a significant, low-to-moderate correlation with scores on a measure of silent reading comprehension. The correlation was slightly stronger for measures of accuracy than speed, and strongest for miscue ratio. The correlation increased as proficiency level increased. Among different first language groups, the correlation was highest for Hispanic learners, and lowest for Chinese. Furthermore, all fluency measures correlated better with a listening measure than with the silent reading comprehension measure. When a system …

Increasing Diversity In The Marine Sciences Through The Minorities In Marine Science Undergraduate Program, Brian L. Bingham, Stephen D. Sulkin, Suzanne L. Strom, Gisèle Muller-Parker

Environmental Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program (MIMSUP) is an academic program at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) that seeks to increase the representation of minority individuals in the marine sciences. For the past 13 years, groups of students have spent two 10-week quarters at SPMC studying marine science, doing independent research, and developing the skills needed for success as marine scientists/educators. Program elements include formal coursework in marine science, supervised independent research, training in up-to-date field and laboratory investigative techniques, experience developing scientific and personal job-related skills, and introduction to the career options open to marine …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 14, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 Día del Río en Pecos 3 Geología 3 Geología 4 La Historia de Geología en Nuevo México 5 An Activity: Analyzing Soil 6 Literatura 6 Abrán Miller: from the WPA 7,8 Solución al Crucigrama 9 Ganador del Premio Nobel: Gabriela Mistral 10 Alma Flor Ada 11 Yelly Kelly / Kelly el Gritón 12 Una Actividad: Escribir una Descripción 13 Parques Nacionales 2 Las Salinas: Crossroads of Culture por John Kuehnert 14 Salinas Pueblo Missions 15,16 El Palacio de los Gobernadores 17 Abuso de Substancias 2 Cómo incluir los Valores Latinos en un Programa de Abuso de …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 14, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 Los Días de los Muertos 4 El Día de los Muertos 3,4 La Calaca y una Actividad 5,6 El Llorón del Norte by Rocky Trujillo 7 La Llorona Trenzuda por Josefina Jaime 7 Literatura 6 un libro: Todavía Más 8 otro libro: En las Orillas del Amazonas 8 Ganador de Premio Nobel: Jacinto Benavente 9 Roque Dalton 10 La Tormenta Entre las Manos por el Dr. Rafel Lara Martínez 11,12 Una Actividad Literaria 13 Abuso de Substancias 2 Nicotine 14 Unas Sugerencias para Dejar de Fumar 15 Eventos 4 Four Corners Storytelling Festival 16 A Dicho …

Flarr Pages #31: Review Time, Andre Lebugle

FLARR Pages

In my first-year French classes, on the day before a test, I usually spend forty to fifty minutes reviewing. Since the students have learned a lot of new material over a period of perhaps two weeks, their knowledge may need refreshing. There are a number of exercises one can do and it is advisable to review as much as possible and resort some of the time to questions similar to those in the upcoming tests. The quickest way to review effectively is through very simple translation into the target language.

Winnebago Tribal Council Brief, Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen

Curriculum Development

Native Impact, Native IMAGE: Institute for Managing Applications of Geospatial Extension Little Priest Tribal College - Winnebago Tribal Council Brief - 9/11/2003

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 14, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 Nuestros Tesoros 6 Lalo Silva 3 Lengua Mía por Lalo Silva 4 Un Burrito por Lalo Silva 5 Un Tributo a la Paz en el Medio Oriente 6 A Rhyme by Alankin Roybal 7 Egypt by Nasrudin Benhalim 8 Literatura 2 José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Los Tres Cuentos 9 Raven Tree Press 10 Como Hablan los Animales 11 Abuso de Substancias 2 Efectos Inmediatos del Alcohol 12 Long - Term Effects of Alcohol 13 La Agricultura 5 Un Sembrador: Don Bustos 14 Modern Techniques from Don Bustos 15 Española Farmers Market 16 Love Blossoms by María …

Emergency Room Mode--A Service-Learning Case, Lee F. Wilberschied, Lisa Bauer, Carla Gerdes

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications

This study examines the outcomes of a two-part service learning project in a summer practicum for English as Second Language (ESL) teacher endorsement candidates. First, 10 mainstream K12 teachers with 2 to 30 years' experience needed practice teaching students with linguistic and cultural differences. Their own service learning was to implement a summer family literacy program for ESL students. Second, these teachers had planned a service learning component for the ESL students. Teachers, feeling obliged to correct all the perceived linguistic deficits in students, went into a panic that they described as "emergency room mode." Regarding service learning and any …

A Comparison Of The Level Of Anxiety And The Degree Of Acculturation Among Immigrant Esol And Mainstreamed-Esol Students In A Public, Rural High School In South Florida, Herminio Flores-Mulero

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The level of anxiety and the degree of acculturation of a group of immigrant Haitian and Hispanic students who are enrolled in an ESOL program in a public, rural high school in South Florida were researched. The level of anxiety and the degree of acculturation of a group of immigrant Haitian and Hispanic students exited from the ESOL program and enrolled in English language mainstream classes were also researched. The purpose of this empirical study was to determine if there is a relationship between anxiety and acculturation among immigrant secondary students by investigating the level of anxiety and the degree …

Comparison Of Grade Point Average Of Honor Senior Students And College Of Liberal Arts Senior Students At A Florida University, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Attrition rates in theHonor College program division of Florida Atlantic University have risen in recent years. It has been determined that even though a higher high school grade point average is required for admission into the honor program of the university, many applicants to the program were under-prepared to asumme the workload demanded of the students by the Honor College. The requirements for admission into the honor program of the Florida Atlantic University is an overall high school grade point average of 3.5 and a score of 1000 points on the SAT examination while the requirement into the College of …

Making It Real: Alana Teacher Education Preparation, Communication And Diversity Suppositions, Keith Orlando Hilton, Harriett Arnold

Essays in Education

This article clarifies brisk salient education and communication perspectives on the need for and role of ALANA (African, Latino, Asian and Native American) teachers and teacher education students in the nation. From the co-authors’ perspectives as African American professors of prospective ALANA K-12 teachers, the notion of “Making it Real: ALANA Teacher Education Preparation, Communication and Diversity Suppositions” is an aerial design that continues to be drafted. This design must be multicultural, multiethnic, multimedia and multi-disciplined in order to be fecund. The creation of a video by ALANA university teacher education students also demonstrated that diversity is invaluable and central …

Parental Involvement In Their Children's English Language Learning In Egyptian Elementary Schools, Ingy Emara

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Understanding On Concepts Of Force Of Thai Freshmen, Chokchai Usawinchai

Dissertations

The central concept of Newtonian mechanics is force. Without this concept, the students would find the rest of mechanics very difficult to master. Based on this hypothesis, the understandings and misconceptions of Newtonian mechanics were investigated.

Three hundred eighteen Thai freshmen participated in this study. The freshmen were divided into two groups according to their high school locations, Bangkok and other cities of Thailand. The Force Concept Inventory was used to probe the freshmen's understandings and misconceptions. The SPSS and EXCEL programs were used to analyze the data. The translation of the FCI into Thai and its subsequent validation is …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Música 2 Jennifer "Jenna" Martínez 3 Peña 4 Parques Nacionales 1 Unas Sugerencias para unas Vacaciones 5,6,7,8 El Día de las Madres 4 A Tribute by Mark Mondragón 9 Hero by José Francisco Martínez 10 Madres Nuevomexicanas Famosas 11 Un Proyecto: Un Regalo para la Madre 12 Abuso de Substancias 4 Youth Alcohol Prevention Program (YAPP) 13 YAPP Participants 14 Legalization...Not!! Prevention...Yes!! by Harry Montoya 15 Editorial Comment on Decriminalizing Drugs 16 Actividades Estudiantiles 17 La Importancia de Ser Bilingüe por estudiantes de Clovis 18,19 Dos Eventos Especiales 20 Memorias de Don Famoso del Valle …

The Vote On Bilingual Education And Latino Identity In Massachusetts, Jorge Capetillo-Ponce

Gastón Institute Publications

In November 2002, the Massachusetts electorate voted overwhelmingly to pass Referendum Ballot Question 2 (Q. 2), sponsored by California millionaire Ron Unz. The passage of this initiative by close to 70% of the voters effectively ended bilingual education in the state as it had been known for thirty years. Exit polling done at selected cities in Massachusetts by the Mauricio Gaston Institute and UMass Poll revealed, however, that out of a total 1,491 Latinos polled, a vast majority of them, around 93%, had voted in favor of rejecting Q. 2 and keeping bilingual education in place.

Indeed, Q. 2 became …

Latino Students In Chelsea: An Educational Profile, Lorna Rivera

Gastón Institute Publications

With financial support from the National Council of La Raza, the Gastón Institute is developing "Educational Profiles" for the sixteen Massachusetts public school districts with the highest Latino student enrollments: Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, Worcester, Holyoke, Lowell, Lynn, Chelsea, New Bedford, Brockton, Fitchburg, Salem, Chicopee, Framingham, Haverhill, and Somerville. The profiles present basic data provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education including information on student enrollment, MCAS results, dropout rates, and student aspirations. We hope this information will be used by Latino students, parents, educators, and policy-makers to make informed decisions and improve public education for Latino students in Massachusetts.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 Civilian Conservation Corps 2 Civilian Conservation Corps 3,4,5 Roster Company 833 6 Primavera 2 Primavera Incierta por Anselmo Arellano 7 Una Actividad: Dibujos de Primavera 8 Un Juego: Pitarrilla 9 Un Evento: Raíces del Río Abajo 10 Abuso de Substancias 4 Efectos en la Gente Alrededor 11 Richard "Ricky" Martínez by Ray Martínez 12 Karen Castañon by her sister Brandy 13,14 Una Actividad: Comprensión de la Prensa 15 Música 2 Candace Vargas 16 Parts of a Pipe Organ 17 Póliza Pública: Alternativas a los Combustibles de Fósiles 18 Un Tributo a Frank Page 19 A Sneak …

Missing Data And Irt Item Parameter Estimation, Christine E. Demars

Department of Graduate Psychology - Faculty Scholarship

Non-randomly missing data has theoretically different implications for item parameter estimation depending on whether joint maximum likelihood or marginal maximum likelihood methods are used in the estimation. The objective of this paper is to illustrate what potentially can happen, under these estimation procedures, when there is an association between ability and the absence of response. In this example, data is missing because some students, particularly low-ability students, did not complete the test.

Little Priest Tribal College - Technical Assistant Job Description, Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen

Native IMAGE and Geospatial Initiative

Job description for a Technical Assistant (Geospatial) at Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC), posted 3-10-2003.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Música 3 Vicente Saucedo by Dottie Saucedo 3,4 Vicente Plays by Gloria Ahern Cook 5 Albuquerque por Vicente Saucedo 6 Más Música 1 La Jovencita Has a New CD! 7 Un Poema y Dos Cartas 2 Juan García, Cuéntame Amigo 8 Juan José Peña 9 National Park Service 4 Hispanic Contributions During the Civil War by Lorenzo Vigil 10,11 Hispanos en La Guerra Civil con la ayuda de Rubén Andrade 12 Muster Roll Fort Union from Lorenzo Vigil 13,14,15,16 La Batalla de Glorieta 17 Literatura 2 E.A. (Tony) Mares 18 Palabras de "I Returned and …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 El Proyecto Aztlanahuac 5 El Proyecto Aztlanahuac 3 Nacimiento por Jaime Chávez 4 In This Earth by Rudolfo Anaya 5 Going Back to Where We Came From 6 The Book of the Sun, Tonatiuh por Cecilio Orozco 7 Las Mercedes 8 La Merced de Las Vegas con ayuda de Anselmo Arellano 8 Land Title Study 9 La Merced de San Antonio de Las Huertas by Tony Lucero 10 Respuesta al Rompecabezas 11 El Mexicano Land Education and Conservation Trust 12 Land Grant Land by Liddie Martínez 13 Póliza Pública, Reparaciones para las Mercedes 14 Our Changing …

A Case Study Of Egyptian Learners' Attitudes Toward Autonomous Language Learning, Dina Hosni Abdel Rahman Mohamed

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Efl Teachers' Use Of L1 In Class On Learners' Listening Comprehension, Amr Salah Ahmed Hammam

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Supporting The Language Agenda In Teacher Development: Preparing Teachers/Or Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students At The New Teacher Professional Development Institute, Andrew Habana Hafner

Master's Capstone Projects

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Meeting Ncate Standards Through Service-Learning: Diversity, National Service-Learning In Teacher Education Partnership

Diversity

Over the past several years, college campuses across North America have seen an increase in the variety of service-learning projects integrated with academic course goals. Federal and state governments are asking schools, colleges, and departments of education to promote service-learning because of service-learning's unique capacity to promote high-quality learning and civic engagement in its participants. Teacher educators are responding by embedding service- learning into various teacher education courses and they report positive outcomes. For example, experiences in culturally diverse and/or low-income schools and communities juxtaposed with multicultural education courses provide preservice teachers the opportunity to gain a better understanding of …

Counseling Students With Limited English Proficiency, Michiru Shiraishi

Graduate Research Papers

As the United States experiences ever-increasing cultural diversity, school and mental health counselors are struggling to find an effective counseling style for these clients. This study focuses on students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). It addresses possible issues that LEP students will face, the things the counselors need to be aware of when counseling LEP students, the way to work with LEP students' parent(s), using various assessments to understand students, teaming with the English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor, using interpreters, and applying the community counseling model as a guideline to counsel LEP students.

Comprehension And Vocabulary Strategies Using Related Tradebooks With Social Studies For Bilingual And Bicultural Middle School Students, Jennifer Suzanne Tindall

All Graduate Projects

In many schools, students from ethnic minority groups are immersed in secondlanguage reading curricula with minimal attention to their native language literacy (Droop & Verhoeven, 2003). These children face the challenge ofleaming to read in languages that they have not mastered orally. As a result, these second-language students can then experience considerable gaps in their understanding ofreading because reading instruction in any language strongly builds on oral language proficiency. For these reasons, second-language literacy learning is an enormous issue in our schools today (Goodman, Goodman, & Flores, 1984). This is why the author chose to research effective reading instruction for …