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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Immersion Schools"”.
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A meta-analysis of the relationship between learning a foreign language in elementary school and student achievement
… Research studies involving dual-language/two-way immersion schools suggest that students at these schools obtain higher scores on achievement tests in both mathematics and reading. This study is a meta-analysis of studies involving dual-language/two-way immersion schools in an effort to confirm …
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How to better retain teachers in one-way K-12 language immersion programs
Language immersion education is a dream of the 1960s and 70s that has repeatedly found a way to reinvent itself and continue to survive. It not only brings language and culture to classrooms in all corners and cross-sections of society, but it raises the academic capital of the students who are a …
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Reform of Secondary Education in Post-Communist Estonia: Advancing or Dismantling Social Cohesion
… reform has been put in place in Russian-language schools so that the students will speak Estonian better and therefore will have more opportunities than previous generations to become well integrated in society. This seems harmless, but a debate has arisen over the period of this reform's …
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Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program for Preschool Children in an Urban Private School in California: A Case Study
<p>This study enlisted language immersion practitioners in highlighting and exploring the issues and challenges that accompany language immersion education. Comprehensive focused personal interviews of preschool Mandarin Chinese language immersion educators in a private school provided the basis of …