The National Center for Research on the Educational
Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
A research program funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

Conference Presentations

Learn about recent and upcoming conference presentations by CREATE researchers.

IRA 2007 logoInternational Reading Association (IRA) 2007 Annual Convention
May 13–17, 2007
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Institute of Education Sciences (IES): The National Research and Development Center
on English Language Learners: An Overview
Presenters: Anne Sweet, David Francis, Jana Echevarria, Elfrieda Hiebert, Catherine Snow, Sharon Vaughn

NCLB has had the effect of impressing upon educators the need for using research-based interventions to teach reading and content subjects to English-language learners. Distinguished researchers from CREATE, the IES National Research and Development Center on English language learners, will present an overview of the Center's research projects, leadership activities, and dissemination efforts. Attendees will learn about the important work that this R&D Center is doing and will learn about promising research that is being conducted to help teachers with their classroom teaching of the English-language learners.

Michigan Association for Bilingual Education 2007 Institute
May 3–4, 2007
Grand Rapids, MI
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Increasing Literacy for English Language Learners Using the SIOP model
Presenter: Jana Echevarria

The findings of the National Literacy Panel and CREDE research syntheses and the alignment of those findings with the SIOP Model were discussed as they relate to classroom practice. The session focused on specific examples of best practice for increasing literacy for English learners.

NSTA logoNational Science Teacher's Association 2007 National Conference
March 29 – April 1, 2007
St. Louis, MO
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Effective Research-Validated Instruction for English Language Learners in Middle School Science
Presenters: Deborah Short & Jennifer Himmel

This session presented instructional strategies within the SIOP Model that middle school science teachers can use to make content comprehensible to English language learners. Presenters illustrated how teachers identify the language and literacy skills students need for science, design lessons to promote second language development, and assess students' scientific language knowledge. Through demonstrations and video clips, participants experienced some of these strategies directly. Current middle school research on the SIOP Model and scientific language assessments, funded by the U.S. Department of Education through CREATE, was
also described.

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CABE logoCalifornia Association for Bilingual Education 2007 Annual
Conference
March 14–17, 2007
Long Beach, CA
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Findings From SIOP Research in Three Districts
Presenters: Deborah Short and Jana Echevarria

This session described research on the SIOP Model in three districts around the U.S. Data from treatment and comparison sites on student achievement and teacher implementation were presented, and a new SIOP study that is also designing
science language assessments for CREATE was explained.

TESOL logoTeachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2007
Convention
March 21–24, 2007
Seattle, WA
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Six Strategies for Adolescent Academic Literacy Development
Presenters: Deborah Short with Nancy Cloud, Rhode Island College; Davida Irving, Pawtucket School District; Patricia Morris, Central Falls School District

Building on recent research on academic literacy development in adolescent students, this session described a project in two districts that are implementing six research-based strategies designed to advance academic literacy skills in English language learners in secondary schools.

Multinational Contexts Addressing Adolescent Second Language Literacy
Presenters: Deborah Short with Denise Murray, Macquarie University; Constant Leung, King's College London; Maaike Hajer, University of Professional Education, Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)

Panelists shared program and policy information regarding adolescent students developing second language literacy.

 

Current Research on Sheltered Instruction/Academic Literacy
Presenter: Deborah Short