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Peer reviewedGersten, Russell – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
A structured immersion program, coupled with an effective curriculum and empirically validated teaching procedure, was offered to elementary Asian students entering a California school. This approach appeared to have significantly better results, and its effects were maintained for up to two years after completion. (LMO)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGersten, Russell; And Others – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Despite claims that structured immersion programs for language minority students cannot work for low-income students, two immersion projects with low-income Hispanic and Asian children worked; their effects appeared to endure even after students entered the mainstream. (BJV)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
