Field testing the Persuasion across Time and Space unit changed teachers' beliefs about ELL students' capabilities¶
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q1 i? Feedback from schools field-testing the unit indicates it changed teachers' beliefs about what ELL students were capable of achieving. → Helping English Learners Rise to the Challenge of Complex Texts 2014
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Helping English Learners Rise to the Challenge of Complex Texts 2014¶
Helping English Learners Rise to the Challenge of Complex Texts. (2014). WestEd R&D Alert, Vol. 14, No. 3. http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/ela
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Qualitative feedback from the year-long field test in six Council of the Great City Schools districts. Teachers reported surprise at students' engagement: "I was surprised at the level of questioning and the conversations that students engaged in." No systematic measures are reported.
"Feedback from participating schools indicates that the unit changed teachers' beliefs about what ELL students were capable of achieving."
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Field testing the Persuasion across Time and Space unit changed teachers' beliefs about ELL students' capabilities |
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Field testing the Persuasion across Time and Space unit changed teachers' beliefs about ELL students' capabilities |
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