A Promising Intervention Designed to Improve EAL Learners' Mathematics Skills and Associated Academic Language

Autor/inn/en	August, Diane; Barr, Christopher; Carlson, Coleen; Johnston, Will Tad; Marken, Alexandra
Titel	A Promising Intervention Designed to Improve EAL Learners' Mathematics Skills and Associated Academic Language
Quelle	In: Bilingual Research Journal, 46 (2023) 1-2, S.117-141 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (August, Diane) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-5882
DOI	10.1080/15235882.2023.2225459
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Second Language Learning; English Language Learners; Mathematics Skills; Academic Language; Middle School Mathematics; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Language Proficiency; Native Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	This study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to support sixth-grade Spanish-speaking English as Additional Language (EAL) learners and their English proficient classmates in acquiring pre-algebra knowledge and skills and associated academic vocabulary. The sample consisted of 88 EAL learners and their 139 English proficient classmates who had failed a fifth-grade final math exam. Treatment materials and methods differed from those used in the control group by building students' foundational math skills and academic language; using visual and linguistic supports; and capitalizing on student's home language knowledge. Data were analyzed using generalized linear mixed modeling at the item level. Both EAL learners and English-proficient treatment students outperformed control students on measures of math and academic vocabulary. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01