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Comeau-Kirschner, Cheryl; Shahar, Jed – Journal of Basic Writing, 2019
This collaborative writing intervention in one CUNY community college examined the effectiveness of mixing English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers (NES) in advanced-level developmental writing courses. We describe the translingual approach to curriculum and intervention along with promising developmental education practices.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Collaborative Writing, Instructional Effectiveness, Two Year College Students
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Byrne, John J. – Clearing House, 1989
Discusses the problems, methodology, and positive results of an 8-week course in cultural literacy for 34 ninth grade students at Brooklyn's John Dewey High School. Provides sample materials in 4 appendixes. (NH)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design, Experimental Teaching, Grade 9
Meyers, Edna O. – 1974
Inner city children have suffered indiscriminately from strict, illogical scoring of standardized IQ tests which do not credit children with thoughtful responses accurately reflecting their experiences and backgrounds. As a result, IQ scores too often doom these children to learning situations for children of lower mentality levels than their own.…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching