With a Little Help from My Friends - Conversation-Based Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Classrooms

"The model that this book describes has been tested in classrooms of 800 teachers across 29 school systems and shown advancement in academic performance among EL students but also advancement in academic language and in social-emotional development among all students as a consequence of the tools for productive interactions among students that are the foundation of this approach. For all students and especially for ESL students"--

About the author

Paula J. Mellom is the associate director of the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE). Rebecca K. Hixon is a postdoctoral research and teaching associate for CLASE. Jodi P. Weber is the assistant director of professional development for CLASE. CLASE is a research and development center housed within the University of Georgia's College of Education.

Summary

Drawing on their work with more than 800 teachers and administrators, the authors present a pedagogical model that challenges teachers to modify the way they plan and implement their lessons to better support the linguistic, cognitive, and social-emotional development of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca K Hixon, Rebecca K. Hixon, Paula J Mellom, Paula J. Mellom, Jodi P Weber, Jodi P. Weber
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780807761786
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6178-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 231 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 633 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology