Product Description: Teacher Assessment and the Assessment of Students With Diverse Learning Needs Edited by Jamal Abedi and Christian J. Faltis, both at University of California, Davis   Assessments play an integral role in instruction, placement, promotion and efforts to ensure that students and teachers receive the support they need for success...read more

Product Description: The number of immigrant and minority students who are entering school with a language other than English is growing and will continue to do so in substantial proportions well into the next millennium. To succeed in school, many of these students will require teachers who have the ability and desire to 1) teach literacy and content in the students' native language, 2) to integrate language and content, 3) make schooling culturally relevant, and 4) take a stance against anti-bilingual forces in society and education...read more

Product Description: Book by Faltis, Christian, Devillar, Robert A.

The chapters presented in this book examine a number of issues surrounding the distribution of languages used in bilingual teaching. They cover bilingual classrooms, classroom interaction and technological advances in teaching. Two major case studies are also included. Bilingual classrooms are examined as a means to teaching the two languages, and as an arena for teaching models and teacher effectiveness. The topic of interaction within the classroom considers the organization of talking within a group. There are two research sections on the use of technological innovations such as computers and interactive video systems. Also included are two special case studies, one on the Quechua-Spanish educational setting in Peru and one on a codeswitching methodology for teaching beginner's French to University students.