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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"English language learner (ELL)"”.
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English Language Learner Achievement: A Mixed-Methods Examination of a Seven-Week Summer Intervention
… achievements over time against the beliefs of English Language Learner (ELL) teachers’ perceptions of students’ achievement after participation in a seven-week summer intervention. Three types of archived achievement data were analyzed: reading comprehension, English language acquisition and …
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Predicting Sixth Grade Performance on Criterion-Referenced Reading Tests with Third Grade Test Scores
… year and their sixth grade school year. The Utah English Language Arts Criterion-Referenced Tests (ELA-CRT) administered in third and sixth grade were used to determine reading ability. Additional demographic data, including race, gender, special education identification, free/reduced lunch, and …
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Creating a Welcoming Learning Environment Through Communication Between ELL Families and School Districts
… improve communication and collaboration with English Language Learner (ELL) families to support student achievement and engagement? The gap of communication and collaboration between ELL families and districts is a growing area of concern as diversity in the United States population continues …
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Transcending Education
… The students I selected were either, an English Language Learner (ELL), a student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), or a student with significant life experience. I not only learned about the students inside the classroom, but also their hobbies and daily routines outside the …
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The Effects of Bilingual Education on Reading Test Scores: Can Dual-immersion Support Literacy for All Students?
… a bilingual education method offered that places English as a first language (EFL) and English language learner (ELL) students in the same classroom to learn two languages at the same time. This study examines whether second language acquisition through dual-immersion supports literacy for both …
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An evaluation of the college readiness of graduating English language learners in Utah public schools.
… focused on the college readiness of graduating English language learner (ELL) students in one western mountain state. The variables of gender, language proficiency levels, and free or reduced lunch status were studied, seeking to understand if those variables were independent of ELL students …
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Equity Battles: Multicultural Leadership for English Language Learner Students
… awareness to be better multicultural leaders for English Language Learner (ELL) students. This study produced several recommendations to address this issue. During this study, I used improvement science as the methodology and included a variety of stakeholders as participants. The conceptual …
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Co-Teachers Supporting Adolescent ELLs in Classrooms
… intends to support general education teachers, English Language Learner (ELL) teachers, and administration in addressing the achievement gap and facilitating the success of ELLs succeed in our schools. The ELL student population is expected to continue to grow in the United States, as are the …
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Increasing the Parental Involvement of ELL Families
… to increase the parental involvement rate of English Language Learner (ELL) parents. ELLs are a growing population within public schools in the United States. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how to involve the parents from this population. The overarching research question that will be …
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A triple case study of two Saudi and one Italian language learners' self-perceptions of target language (TL) speaking proficiency
… diverse ways in which two Saudis and one Italian English language learner (ELL) came to speaking proficiency according to his or her own perceptions and observations. The researcher conducted interviews of the two Saudi ELLs face-to-face and the one Italian ELL through Skype by asking 15 …
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The Effect of Professional Learning Community Principles on English Language Learner Instructional Practices and Reading Achievement
… and effect on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students. The cohort of students in this study was followed from grades three through five. The data sources included a principal interview, a focus group discussion with teachers, classroom observations and the …
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Accountable Talk as a Practice in ENL Classrooms
This capstone project aims to support both English as a New Language (ENL) and general education teachers working with English Language Learner (ELL) students. In the United States, ELLs are a rapidly growing population. This is true of many districts on Long Island, NY, including Brentwood School …
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Finding Our Way: Female Students at Oakland International High School
… District (OUSD) that serves entirely low-income, English Language Learner (ELL) populations. A quarter of the school’s 376 students are refugees or asylees who have fled their country due to persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular …
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A Qualitative Study Investigating High School Teachers' Perceptions of Strategies Used to Involve Hispanic ELL Parents in One School Division in Virginia
The number of English Language Learner (ELL) students in U.S. public schools are increasing yearly. More than 75% of ELL student's home language is Spanish. Their academic performance and graduation rates are lower than their non-ELL peers. Parent involvement contributes to student success in …
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Co-planning and Co-teaching for ELLs
… provide the general education teachers and the English as a New Language (ENL) teacher at the Avon Middle School with the strategies and resources they need in order to effectively co-plan and co-teach in the mainstream classroom. The Avon Central School District is a small rural district with …
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The impact of an English language learner professional development program on teacher perception of preparedness and practice
<p>The growing number of English language learners in classrooms today can be seen across the United States. Despite the increase of English language learners in our schools, few teachers have been formally trained to meet their academic and linguistic needs. Training is needed for teachers of …
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Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Case Study of an Urban Middle School
… study design, the educational experiences of English Language Learner (ELL) students were examined in the naturally occurring context of the school and the classroom. Because the goal of case studies is to understand a given phenomenon from the perceptions of the participants (referred to as …
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Connecticut elementary teachers' knowledge and ability integration of essential reading components for English language learner instruction : a quantitative examination.
… et al., 2018; Connor et al., 2014; Cortiella & Horowitz, 2014; McLaughlin et al., 2014). Although the process of learning how to read is complex (Moats, 2020), there are essential components that, when taught systematically with evidenced-based strategies (National Reading Panel, 2000), …
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Examining the Appropriateness of the PPUT-111 as a Measure of Vocabulary Development in Linguistically Diverse Kindergarten Children
… is an appropriate measure to use with young English Language Learners (ELL) because items may be culturally or linguistically biased. Further, it is of both psychometric and educational relevance to understand measurement of English vocabulary acquisition among young English First Language …
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