Science achievement of English language learners in Urban elementary schools: Results of a first-year professional development intervention

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-52

  Lee, Okhee ^a   Maerten Rivera, Jaime ^a   Penfield, Randall D ^a   Leroy, Kathryn ^b   Secada, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Elementary; General science; Professional development; Statistics multivariate

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS; GENERAL SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS TESTS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 38849204273     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20209     Document Type: Article

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