Effective programs for Latino students / / edited by Robert E. Slavin, Margarita Calderon

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.82968; 371.82968073
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic American students; Education, Bilingual - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CalderonMargarita SlavinRobert E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Effective Programs for Latino Students; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Effective Programs for Latino Students in Elementary and Middle Schools; 2 Effective Dropout Prevention and College Attendance Programs for Latino Students; 3 Effective Elementary, Middle, and High School Programs for Latino Youth; 4 A Two-Way Bilingual Program: Promise, Practice, and Precautions; 5 Improving Literacy Achievement for English Learners in Transitional Bilingual Programs ; 6 Effects of Bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language Adaptations of Success for All on the Reading Achievement of Students Acquiring English7 Ethnographic Studies of Éxito Para Todos; 8 Curricula and Methodologies Used to Teach Spanish-Speaking Limited English Proficient Students to Read English; 9 The Factors That Place Latino Children and Youth at Risk of Educational Failure; 10 An Overview of the Educational Models Used to Explain the Academic Achievement of Latino Students: Implications for Research and Policies Into the New Millennium; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Latino (or Hispanic) children are one of the fastest-growing groups in U.S. schools today. On average, these students perform worse than Anglo students on measures of academic achievement and other measures of academic success, and their drop-out rate is high. There are schools of excellence among those serving Latino children, but the majority of these children are placed ""at risk"" by schools and community institutions unable to build on the cultural, personal, and linguistic strengths these children are likely to bring with them to school. Schools serving Latino students need programs base
• Titolo autorizzato: Effective programs for Latino students
• ISBN: 1-135-66432-3; 1-282-37875-9; 9786612378751; 1-4106-0562-0; 0-585-35935-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454896703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II