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Toward an Understanding of Effective Instructional Practices for Language Minority Students: Findings from a Naturalistic Research Study.
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Gersten, Russell; And Others – READ Perspectives, 1995
Reviews the results of a 1991 U.S. Department of Education report entitled "A Descriptive Study of Significant Features of Exemplary Special Alternative Instructional Programs." The features of nine exemplary special alternative instructional programs are described that appeared to contribute to positive outcomes for students from diverse…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Research
Second Language Teaching: A Theoretical Baseline for Policy Makers.
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Rossier, Robert E. – READ Perspectives, 1993
Argues that the theoretical consensus on second language learning, which focuses on instruction in the target language, contradicts the main premises used by bilingual education advocates to gain respectability for bilingual education programs. The roles of translation, transfer, input, and interaction in the Eastman model of bilingual education,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criticism, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy