Helping Educators Work Effectively with English Language Learners
Current and Recent SIOP Research and Development Projects
Research Projects
Academic Literacy Through Sheltered Instruction for English Language Learners
in Secondary Schools
With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Rockefeller
Foundation, CAL conducted research on the SIOP Model in two New Jersey
school districts. Research activities involved professional development
with 70 junior and senior high English, science, math, and social studies
teachers. Learn
more.
The Impact of the SIOP Model on Middle School Science and Language Learning
Under the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching
of English Language Learners (CREATE) funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
CAL and California State University, Long Beach are investigating the impact of the SIOP Model on student academic achievement
in science, a subject area with high language demands. Visit the CREATE Web site for
updates. See sidebar to right for a recent downloadable report generated by this study.
Impact of the SIOP Model on Elementary School Math Learning
Under the Success Through Academic Interventions in Language and Literacy
(SAILL) project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, CAL has been
investigating the impact of the SIOP Model on the math performance of Spanish-speaking
English language learners in structured English immersion and transitional
bilingual K-3 math classrooms. The goal of the project is to develop programs
that optimize language learning in both kinds of classrooms. Visit the SAILL Web site for
updates.
Development Projects
Enhancing Secondary Education in the Central Valley: Success and Access
for English Language Learners
With funding from The James Irvine Foundation, CAL is conducting a development project on supporting high school and post-secondary school success for language minority students. As a central part of this project, content teachers are implementing the SIOP Model in three high schools with the supporting of professional development and on-going instructional coaching. Learn
more.
Adapting the Sheltered Instruction Observaton Protocol (SIOP) for Two-Way
Immersion Education
With funding from The Goldman Sachs Foundation, CAL conducted research
on the use of the SIOP model in a Spanish/English two-way immersion
(dual language) program. Bringing together CAL's research on two-way
immersion (TWI) and the SIOP Model, the study identified
key modifications to the SIOP Model for the TWI context. Learn
more.
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