Sentences with phrase «language backgrounds»

This is especially the case when they are enrolled in the same schools in low - income neighborhoods, irrespective of language background or identification with a particular racial group.

This is recommended for people with a programming language background as it is more technical, and is a course for the technical expertise on blockchain and the building blocks behind it.

Some of kids are coming from language backgrounds where there is no written language and within a year, they have to take a standardized test.

Additionally, students who can work successfully with peers from varying language backgrounds will more often grow into productive, empathetic, and global individuals.

In addition, teachers do not often receive children's language background information prior to the first day of school, making pedagogical preparation challenging.

My aim was to bring in a bit of my modern foreign languages background when teaching my special education class.

• The inclusion of students with disabilities, students with language backgrounds other than English, students with imposing emotional difficulties and a noteworthy number of gifted students, reflect this growing diversity (Mulroy and Eddinger, 2003; Tomlinson, 2001b, 2004a).

«We then looked at low - performing students and found that less successful bilingual readers view their two languages as separate and unrelated, and they often see their non-English language backgrounds as detrimental.»

These two studies highlight that home language background provides important information beyond students» English proficiency.

For instance, nonnative speakers from a variety of first - language backgrounds tend to overemphasize the ending consonant in words like «what,» a tactic other nonnative speakers would recognize and understand.

Finally, in Phase 5, we will examine the impact of variations in the robot's verbal repertoire that are likely to make it more or less trusted as an informant by children from particular language backgrounds.

Despite the different home language surveys adopted by districts and states, parental indication of whether English is spoken at home is the primary information to establish children's language background while other home - related language and literacy information is not taken into account.

As teachers preview reading materials to look for words and concepts that may require preteaching, they also scan for cognates that can serve as resources for students from certain language backgrounds.

Their success can be attributed largely to their mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante, who had very high expectations for them and refused to believe that they were unable to think critically simply because they were from low - income, minority language backgrounds.

Native language background and academic achievement: Is socioemotional well - being a mediator?.

A Bilingual Medical Assistant will provide these services in a facility that has patients of different language backgrounds.

Users with low literacy and from language backgrounds other than English We write in plain English.

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools serves a diverse student population of over 83,000, 72 percent of which are economically disadvantaged and approximately 20 percent coming from non-English language backgrounds.

Other information, such as home language background, will enrich our understanding of bilingual development and learning.»

I'm not certain where she has studied or what views she has that bias her against the accepted interpretation of biblical scriptures, but she has misinterpreted the creation story and seems to lack the language background in Hebrew and Greek to truly appreciate the original meanings of the biclical texts.

Four per cent of the student population identify as Indigenous and 27 per cent have a language background other than English.

U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government in December showed U.S. students are graduating at record numbers for the fifth year in a row, with improvements for students of different racial and language backgrounds, as well as those in poverty or with disabilities.

«As multilingual children have different language backgrounds and experience, this allows assessment of their capacity to learn language, rather than comparing with what is «normal» where there are varied levels of existing knowledge.»

Mason: Students, especially those in middle and high school, might resist teachers» attempts to «teach» texts steeped in popular culture, especially across the boundaries of race, class, language background, and privilege.

CPAHS has an enrolment of 1100 students from Years 7 - 12, with approximately 35 per cent coming from a language background other than English across 56 language groups.

Luk examines how to harness scientific findings on bilingualism to improve educational experiences for children from diverse language backgrounds.

«To embrace bilingualism, rather than simply recognizing this phenomenon, we need to consider both the challenges and strengths of children with diverse language backgrounds.

«Because of her language background, she is able to communicate with the parents in our study directly,» she says.

First, I conducted an analysis on 3rd grade students» language background and state exam performance in English language arts and mathematics.

In addition to investigating the science of bilingualism, Luk has examined how to harness scientific findings on bilingualism to improve educational experience for children from diverse language backgrounds.

The key, says the district's superintendent Eduardo Cancino, is to treat all parents as essential, whatever their educational or language background.

The ACER report provides an analysis of Australian students» financial literacy background in the context of student background characteristics: Indigenous background, geographic location, immigrant and language background, and socioeconomic background.

With an increasingly linguistically - diverse population in schools, it is important to understand children's language background and its relation to learning.

Therefore, it is imperative for educators to understand how bilingual experience shapes children's development in order to design linguistically - and developmentally - sensitive pedagogy to best support children with diverse language backgrounds.

The new data show that U.S. students are graduating at record numbers for the fifth year in a row, with improvements for students of different racial and language backgrounds,...

While LEP was used by NCES as the indicator of students» language skills, other information in the NAEP data suggests that sector differences in language background are not that extreme.

Such strategies allowed every student, regardless of learning and language background, to join in classroom discussions and engage in big ideas.

Ensures that schools admit students through a random selection process that is open to all students, is publicly verifiable, and does not establish undue barriers to application (such as mandatory information meetings, mandated volunteer service, or parent contracts) that exclude students based on socioeconomic, family, or language background, prior academic performance, special education status, or parental involvement.

Encourage the use of disaggregated demographic data — such as on first - generation, low - income, racial / ethnic minority students; adult students; students with second - language backgrounds; undocumented students; veterans; students with disabilities; and foster care, disconnected, and formerly incarcerated youth — to inform the practices and policies that may hold promise for specific groups of students

RDLS features: — Highly - qualified and fully bilingual staff with diverse cultural and language backgrounds — Classroom teachers, specialists and support staff attend to each student's unique learning needs and work together to help every student excel — A warm, welcoming community extends genuine care and support to each student and family

Their identities are defined not only by ethnicity, race, gender, social class, and language background, although these of course are significant.

Audubon Charter will have a third page asking parents whether they are applying to the school's French or Montessori programs, and the International School will ask parents about their child's foreign - language background.

Development in English oral language is critical for all preschoolers, especially those of second - language backgrounds.

The comprehensive suite of activities develops motor, verbal and auditory skills essential for early childhood development, regardless of skill level or language background.