Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps : 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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (117 p.)
• Disciplina: 372.6
• Soggetto topico: Affective education; Language and languages - Study and teaching; Communication in education
• Altri autori: Welch-RossMelissa K
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps
• ISBN: 0-309-15913-X; 1-282-78748-9; 9786612787485; 0-309-15387-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813954703321
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