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Dong, Yu Ren – Social Studies, 2017
Second language research and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy have shown a consensus that ELLs who have studied social studies in their home countries will have a better chance of understanding social studies concepts and quickly catching up to their native English-speaking peers. This article discusses strategies to make good use of ELLs' prior…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Prior Learning, Social Studies
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Dong, Yu Ren – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
The American educational landscape is changing rapidly, and so are the students in American mathematics classrooms. In the New York City public schools, one of every four students is an English language learner (ELL) (New York City Department of Education 2014). Mathematics teachers find themselves teaching either in a classroom that contains all…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Environment, Student Diversity, English Language Learners