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Cross-Linguistic Influence of Early Spanish Reading on English Reading Trajectories among Spanish-English Emergent Bilinguals: A Latent Class Growth Analysis
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Ye Shen; J. Marc Goodrich – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Spanish-speaking students constitute the largest subgroup of emergent bilingual (EB) students in the United States. Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative sample of Spanish-English EBs, we explore profiles of English reading trajectories and how early individual differences (i.e., early Spanish reading and English oral proficiency)…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Modeling Associations of English Proficiency and Working Memory with Mathematics Growth
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Hall, Garret J.; Albers, Craig A. – School Psychology, 2022
Using kindergarten up to fourth-grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (2010--2011 cohort), we investigated systematic variability in English language learners' (ELLs; n = 303) mathematics growth as well as relations of kindergarten language growth and working memory (WM) to ELLs' mathematics growth. Using growth mixture modeling,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Relationship between Early Word-Reading and Long-Term Reading-Comprehension Growth for Language-Minority Learners Compared to Native-English-Speaking Students
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Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Fitzgerald, Jill – Reading Psychology, 2018
The present study used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 to examine whether the relationship between first-grade word-reading and reading-comprehension growth through eighth grade was different for language-minority learners (LMs) versus native English-speaking students (NEs). Among high word…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Reading Comprehension
Hispanic Immigrant Children's English Language Acquisition: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Early Care Arrangement
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Bumgarner, Erin; Lin, Meiko – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort, this study investigates whether socioeconomic status (SES) moderates the association between center-based early childhood education (ECE) and English proficiency at kindergarten entry for 1st- and 2nd-generation Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Socioeconomic Status, Immigrants, Longitudinal Studies
Approaches to Learning and Hispanic Children's Math Scores: The Moderating Role of English Proficiency
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Bumgarner, Erin; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2013
Accumulating evidence suggests that children's approaches to learning (ATL) at kindergarten entry predict their academic achievement years later. However, the gains associated with ATL may be diminished for Hispanic immigrant children, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). We tested whether ATL predicted math scores in a sample of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Kindergarten, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners
The Impact of Professional Development on Literacy Achievement of Kindergarten Hispanic English Language Learners
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Fizer, Selena E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The number of English language learners (ELL) across public schools in the United States continues to rise (Brice & Roseberry-McKibbin, 2006). However, teacher preparation for these students is not growing (McKeon, 2005). This quantitative study explored the relationship between teacher professional development and literacy achievement of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Kindergarten, Faculty Development, English (Second Language)