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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781109003321

Titolo

Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps [[electronic resource] ] : a workshop summary / / Melissa Welch-Ross ; Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap ; Center for Education ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010

ISBN

0-309-15913-X

1-282-78748-9

9786612787485

0-309-15387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Welch-RossMelissa K

Disciplina

372.6

Soggetti

Affective education

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Communication in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Vocabulary and Beyond: Developing Language for School Achievement""; ""3 Supporting Preschool Language for School Learning""; ""4 Learning Across Languages: Second-Language Learners and Dialect Speakers""; ""5 Language Differences""; ""6 Reflections on Research and Practice""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Staff""

Sommario/riassunto

Summary of the discussion at a workshop held at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., Oct. 15-16, 2009.