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STATUS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND
TECHNOLOGY CENTERED MAGNET SCHOOLS
by
Alyson Kim Han
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Alyson Kim Han
Object Description
| Title | Status of teaching elementary science for English learners in science, mathematics, and technology centered magnet schools |
| Author | Han, Alyson Kim |
| Author email | ahlucky2@aol.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Curriculum & Instruction) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-03-15 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-08-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kaplan, Sandra |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Ragusa, Gisele Pensavalle, Margo T. |
| Abstract | According to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (2001), one in three students speaks a language other than English. Additionally, the Commission stated that a student is considered to be an English learner if the second language acquisition is English. In California more than 1.4 million English learners enter school speaking a variety of languages, and this number continues to rise. There is an imminent need to promote instructional strategies that support this group of diverse learners. Although this was not a California study, the results derived from the nationwide participants' responses provided a congruent assessment of the basic need to provide effective science teaching strategies to all English learners.; The purpose of this study was to examine the status of elementary science teaching practices used with English learners in kindergarten through fifth grade in public mathematics, science, and technology-centered elementary magnet schools throughout the country. This descriptive research was designed to provide current information and to identify trends in the areas of curriculum and instruction for English learners in science themed magnet schools. This report described the status of elementary (grades K-5) school science instruction for English learners based on the responses of 116 elementary school teachers: 59 grade K-2, and 57 grade 3-5 teachers.; Current research-based approaches support incorporating self-directed learning strategy, expository teaching strategy, active listening strategies, questioning strategies, wait time strategy, small group strategy, peer tutoring strategy, large group learning strategy, demonstrations strategy, formal debates strategy, review sessions strategy, mediated conversation strategy, cooperative learning strategy, and theme-based instruction into the curriculum to assist English learners in science education. Science Technology Society (STS) strategy, problembased learning strategy, discovery learning strategy, constructivist learning strategy, learning cycle strategy, SCALE technique strategy, conceptual change strategy, inquiry-based strategy, cognitive academic language learning approach (CALLA) strategy, and learning from text strategy provide effective science teaching instruction to English learners. These science instructional strategies assist elementary science teachers by providing additional support to make science instruction more comprehensible for English learners. |
| Keyword | elementary science for English Learners in science, mathematics, and technology centered magnet schools |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m776 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Han, Alyson Kim |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Han-20070808 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Han-20070808.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | STATUS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERED MAGNET SCHOOLS by Alyson Kim Han A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2007 Copyright 2007 Alyson Kim Han |
