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Flint, Patricia; Dollar, Tamra; Stewart, Mary Amanda – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
Adolescents who are newcomers in a country and beginning to acquire English as an additional language are often in secondary classrooms with teachers who do not speak their languages. Due to these communication obstacles, there is a great need for teachers to build relationships with their students while setting optimal conditions for literacy…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cervantes, Marco Antonio – Multicultural Education, 2015
To demonstrate the significance of cultural crossings in Texas and how cultural exchanges can inform teachers and students in the areas of history, fine arts, geography, and social studies, the author constructed a Summer 2013 teacher workshop for Texas K-12 teachers through the Smithsonian Affiliated Institute of Texan Cultures. The author…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Workshops, Faculty Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Steinberg, Richard N.; Cormier, Sebastien; Fernandez, Adiel – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2009
Common forms of testing of student understanding of science content can be misleading about their understanding of the nature of scientific thinking. Observational astronomy integrated with related ideas of force and motion is a rich context to explore the correlation between student content knowledge and student understanding of the scientific…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Processes, High School Students, Scientific Literacy