Events
Conference
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
Math, Science, and Social Studies:
A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School
October 6-7, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Pre-Conference Learning
Before the 2008 conference, CREATE provided materials to participants as background to the conference presentations. Some articles have been collected into a single document, Recommended Readings for the 2008 CREATE Conference, while other materials remain separate. Materials are organized according to topics at the conference. Discussion questions and a note-taking guide are provided as supplemental materials 
(PDF, 317KB) to enhance participants' understanding of the recommended readings and presentations.
Access & Copyright Information
CREATE provides copies of these recommended readings to conference participants free of charge. To view the readings, you will need the password that you received via email. These readings will be available through 11/30/08. Please note that these readings are copyrighted: Permission to use these materials is granted by the publishers for CREATE 2008 participants’ individual use only.
ISSUES THAT EXTEND ACROSS CONTENT AREAS
Primary Reading and Webcast
Hiebert, E.H., & Lubliner, S. (2008). The nature, learning, and instruction of general academic vocabulary. In S.J. Samuels & A. Farstrup (Eds.), What research has to say about vocabulary. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Order the book on the IRA Web site.
Snow, Catherine. (2007, September 6). Learning All-Purpose Academic Words. View this Webcast presentation.
Optional Extension
Hiebert, Elfrieda H. (2007, May 24). Word Lists: Choices and Uses. View this Webcast presentation.
SUPPORTING CONTENT LEARNING: SCIENCE
Primary Reading
Lee, O. (2005). Science education and English language learners: Synthesis and research agenda. Review of Educational Research, 75(4), 491-530.
View this article on the AERA Web site, available by special permission to CREATE 2008 participants only.
Optional Extension
August, Diane. (2008, January 23). Building Oral Language into the Basal. View this Webcast presentation.
Echevarria, Jana. (2007, November 8). Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model. View this Webcast presentation.
SUPPORTING CONTENT LEARNING: SOCIAL STUDIES AND MATHEMATICS
Primary Reading
These articles are available as part of Recommended Readings for the 2008 CREATE Conference (PDF, 3.2MB).
Goldenberg, C. (2008). Teaching English language learners: What the research does—and does not say. American Educator, 32(1), 8-44.
Schmidt, W. (2008) What's missing from math standards? Focus, rigor, and coherence. American Educator, 32(1), 22-24.
Roschelle, J., Tatar, D., Shechtman, N., Hegedus, S., Hopkins, B., Knudsen, J., & Stroter, A. (2007). Can a technology enhanced curriculum improve student learning of important mathematics?: Overview of findings from the seventh-grade year 1 study (Technical Report No. 01). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Downloaded on 8/5/08 from http://math.sri.com/research/SimCalc_TechReport01.pdf
Optional Extension
These articles are available as part of Recommended Readings for the 2008 CREATE Conference (PDF, 3.2MB).
Roschelle, J., Tatar, D., Shechtman, N., Hegedus, S., Hopkins, B., Knudsen, J., & Dunn, M. (2007). Extending the SimCalc approach to grade 8 mathematics findings from a second randomized experiment (Technical Report No. 02). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Downloaded on 8/5/08 from http://math.sri.com/Tech_Report2_FINAL.pdf
Schmidt, W., Houang, R., and Cogan, L., (2002). A coherent curriculum: The case of mathematics. American Educator, 26(2), 10-26.
The following resource can be viewed on the SchoolsMovingUp Web site.
Instructional Modifications for English Language Learners. (2008). http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/rs/12889?x-t=wested.record.view
SUMMARY
Francis, D., Rivera, M., Lesaux, N., Kieffer, M., Rivera, H. (2006). Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions. Portsmouth, NH: RMC Research Corporation, Center on Instruction. Available online at http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/ELL1-Interventions.pdf
Spotlight on related post-conference events
What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners
Webinar presented by Claude Goldenberg
October 28, 2008
The event is sponsored by SchoolsMovingUp. Learn more or register now.
Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)
Webinar presented by Diane August
October 29, 2008
The event is sponsored by SchoolsMovingUp and CREATE. Learn more or register now.
Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)
Webinar presented by Jana Echevarria
November 11, 2008
The event is sponsored by SchoolsMovingUp and CREATE. Learn more or register now.