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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"English Language Learners (ELL)"”.
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Impact of Imagine Learning English in Two Northern Mississippi Schools
The study, Impact of Imagine Learning English in Two Northern Mississippi Schools, describes an effectiveness study of the impact that the computer program Imagine Learning English (ILE) has on English language learning. The study sought to determine the impact of ILE on the annual yearly progress …
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Peer Tutoring as a Strategy for Supporting Writing Fluency in English Language Learners
… as a strategy for supporting writing fluency in English Language Learners (ELL). Research literature reveals that peer tutoring lowers inhibitions in ELL students and sets up an atmosphere for risk-taking. This allows ELL students to collaborate with native English speakers to improve and revise …
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Building Support Systems for High School English Language Learners: A Developmental Program Evaluation
<p>The graduation rate of English Language Learners (ELL) is lagging behind the general school population graduation rate. The purpose of this study is to address the needs of ELL students for improving the graduation rate of ELL students. The context of this inquiry is a high school with a large …
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Ramifications fo California's Proposition 227: Emotinal and Academic Effects on California's Primary School English Language Learners
… and how bilingual education hinders or helps English language learners. In 1998 California passed an education policy that eliminated bilingual education for English language learners (ELL) and replaced the entire pedagogical process with a one- year immersion program for ELL. Research …
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Long Term English Language Learners: Failure is Not an Option
<p>There is a sizable number of English Language Learners (ELL) that are not succeeding in schools and are academically “falling through the cracks.” The purpose of this thesis is to gather information that identifies reasons why students are not succeeding academically and which strategies …
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Educational policy and literacy learning in an ESL classroom: constraints and opportunities
… case study of an educational program for English Language Learners (ELL) at an elementary school in a small city in the Midwest. This case study investigated how language ideologies influence the constraints and opportunities for the planning and execution of this educational program. The …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Fully Immersive ESOL Elementary Program: A Mixed-Methods Study
<p>With the enrollment of students who are English Language Learners (ELL) steadily rising across the United States, this research sought to understand how immersive models support both language acquisition and academic achievement. This study examined the effectiveness of a fully immersive English …
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Increasing Student Achievement in English Language Learners through Dual Language: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>English language learners (ELL) represent the fastest growing population of learners in our schools. A substantial and continuing education achievement gap exists between ELLs and English speaking students and an alarmingly disproportionate number of ELL students contribute to the dropout rate. …
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The Relationship Between English Language Structure and Language Acquisition
… the difficulties and complicated aspects of the English language as well as the implications for new English speakers. This investigation provides an overview of the language, some of the difficulties faced by English language learners (ELL), and encouragement and understanding for those teaching …
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The Relationship Between English Language Learners' Phonemic Awareness and Decoding Skills
… between phonemic awareness and decoding in English language learners (ELL) and English-proficient (non-ELL) first grade students. There is a general consensus in the literature that phonemic awareness and decoding are strongly related during early reading development (Ehri, Nunes, Willows, …
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Using The Instructional Congruence Model To Change A Science Teacher's Practices And English Language Learners' Attitudes And Achievement In Science
… the instructional congruence model on the English Language Learners' (ELL) attitudes and achievement in science. Changes in teacher's views and practices were documented. The mixed-method approach was adapted. Data sources were the "Attitude Towards Science" survey, VNOS-C questionnaire, …
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Effect of Class Size on Teaching Middle School English Language Learners
… focusing on the effect of class size on teaching English Language Learners (ELL) and attempt to fill this gap in the research literature. A qualitative research design was used to collect data from a sample from teachers currently employed in one Bay Area school district for this study. The …
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Helping English Language Learners Develop Writing Proficiency Using the Thesis Evidence Model in the High School Social Studies Classroom
<p>English Language Learners (ELL) are struggling to develop literacy skills in social studies classes at the high school level in conjunction with the transition to Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and assessment. The researcher conducted a qualitative teacher action research study. Participants …
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Physical Education Teachers Perceptions in the State of New York about Appropriate Strategies when Teaching English Language Learners
… diverse. It is estimated that by year 2030, English Language Learners (ELL) will make up 50% of the population of public schools across the United States of America (USA) (Culp & Schmidlein, 2012). This means that by next decade almost half of the students in public schools will be learning …
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Implementaing Literacy Circles to Enhance Student Achievement Within a Phonics Based Curriculum
… of this study is to analyze the use of a whole-language component in addition to the English language arts program already being implemented at the school site of study. This study addresses the inclusion of literacy circles as the whole-language component in combination with the English …
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Middle school students’ perceptions of caring teacher behaviors
<p>In the United States, race, poverty, and language are all predictors of academic achievement. These achievement gaps have the potential to create long-term, negative, economic, and social implications for students of color, those living in poverty, or those who are English Language Learners …
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Metaphorical Interpretation: Measuring and Facilitating Growth.
… were from 20 different classes from 4 levels: English language learners (ELL), school to work (SSTW), applied, and academic. All were from 7 secondary schools within a board in southern Ontario. Nine classes made up the control group and 11 classes made up the treatment group. All classes were …
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Creating an accessible block alternative for the fourth and eighth grade NAEP mathematics assessments
… including students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL). Increased precision at the lower levels represents an important validity issue regarding the use of NAEP as a means of benchmarking and interpreting change in national and state performance over time. The purpose of …
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A Case Study of Parental Behaviors in an English Language Learner Community Technology Literacy Lab Setting and the Extension of the Behaviors in the Home
… literacy program attempting to teach adult English language learners (ELL) the knowledge and skills that would allow them to support their children's learning at home. The methodology employed was a multi-case study. Fourteen adult participants were interviewed to gather information …
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Use of C-Map as a Cognitive Tool in Collaborative and Individual Concept Mapping for Enhancing ELL Students' Reading Comprehension
<p>Among those who teach English to English Language Learners (ELL), reading comprehension is considered an essential language skill critical for knowledge acquisition and information exchange. However, in various parts of the world, including Jordan, reading comprehension has been reported as a …
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