Title Language diversity, school learning, and closing achievement gaps : a workshop summary / Melissa Welch-Ross, rapporteur ; Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 105 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Vocabulary and beyond : Developing language for school achievement -- 3. Supporting preschool language for school learning -- 4. Learning across languages : Second-language learners and dialect speakers -- 5. Language differences -- 6. Reflections on research and practice Summary Summary of the discussion at a workshop held at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., Oct. 15-16, 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96) Notes Print version record Subject Affective education -- Congresses Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Congresses Communication in education -- Congresses EDUCATION -- Elementary. Affective education Communication in education Language and languages -- Study and teaching Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Welch-Ross, Melissa K. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap. National Research Council (U.S.). Center for Education. National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. LC no. 2011280154 ISBN 9780309153874 0309153875 1282787489 9781282787483

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