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Sheltered Math Curriculum For Middle School English Learners, Jasmine Ercink

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

Language barriers have shown a need for differentiation and sheltered instruction in the classroom for English Learners (ELs) to be successful in the United States public school system. This project proposes a mathematics curriculum using SIOP so that both groups of students in the middle school level can increase their proficiency in the mathematics content area as well as experience opportunities for academic and social language development. The purpose of this report is to describe the processes, methods, data, and intent of the mathematics curriculum for these learners. The curriculum acts as an effective intervention to fill gaps in both …

Programa De Intervención De Las Escuelas Comunitarias De Servicio Completo: Estudio De Caso Del Compromiso De Los Padres Somalíes En Las Escuelas Rurales De Un Distrito En Minnesota, Anne Marie Leland

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

El presente estudio de caso de tipo cualitativo fenomenológico realizado en 3 etapas tuvo como propósito caracterizar el conocimiento de los padres refugiados somalíes sobre su papel en la relación escuela y padres, así como, investigar el impacto de un programa de intervención de involucramiento parental, basado en la investigación, el cual se adaptó para los fines de esta investigación. Las preguntas de la investigación son: 1) ¿Cuáles son las percepciones, las expectativas y el conocimiento de los padres refugiados somalíes sobre el involucramiento parental en la escuela?; y 2) ¿Tuvo éxito el programa de intervención mediante la capacitación para …

Strategies Utilized By Speech-Language Pathologists When Treating Speech-Language Disorders In Children Who Are Bilingual, Julianne L. Monceaux-Visser

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

In the state of Minnesota, more children who use a language other than English were reported to speak English less than “very well” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). There was neither a “gold standard” (Verdon, McLeod, & Wong, 2013), nor Preferred Practices (ASHA, 2020) for the treatment of speech-language disorders for children who were bilingual. The current study investigated the practices for treating speech-language disorders in this population by SLPs employed in schools in a region of west-central MN and eastern ND. Using an interpreter, and explicit instruction on targeted language skills were the most common clinical approaches utilized. The child’s …

Effects Of An Elementary Immersion Program On Academic Achievement In Core Subject Areas, Marlee Schmidt

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

This study sought to find out if students who became bilingual score

higher, lower, or the same on standardized tests as their monolingual peers across

multiple disciplines. An answer was obtained by comparing the Minnesota

Comprehensive Assessment scores of Spanish language immersion students to

scores of non-immersion students for the following subject areas: reading in

grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10; math in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11; and science

in 5, 8, and high school. The scores used came from a graduating class of 2018

with approximately 342 students. Data was analyzed …