2007 CREATE Conference
Academic Language and Content:A Focus on English Language Learners in the Middle School
Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science
Dr. Deborah Short
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Research overview: The Impact of the SIOP Model on Middle School Science and Language Learning
The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Sample Science Language Assessment
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Biancarosa, G., & Snow, C. (2004). Reading next: A vision for action and research in middleand high school literacy. Report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
California Department of Education. (2004). Statewide Stanford 9 test results for reading: Number of students tested and percent scoring at or above the 50th percentile ranking. Retrieved February 23, 2004, from http://www.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
Echevarria, J., Vogt, M.E., & Short, D. (2008). Making content comprehensible to English
learners: The SIOP model. 3rd edition. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.
Echevarria, J., Short, D., & Powers, K. (2006). School reform and standards-based education: An instructional model for English language learners. Journal of Educational Research, 99(4), 195-210.
Siegel, H. (2002). Multiculturalism, universalism, and science education: In search of common ground. Science Education, 86, 803-820.