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Setting the teaching-learning wheel in motion in assessing language minority students
Multicultural Perspectives (2000)
  • Henriette W. Langdon, San Jose State University
  • J. M. Novak
  • R. S. Quintanar
Abstract

The teaching-learning wheel is suggested as a model to assess possible language learning difficulties in limited English proficient (LEP) students. A step-by-step process is described in which 3 approaches including components of this model are utilized. The 3 approaches include observations and ethnographic interviewing, formal analysis of oral and written performance, and dynamic assessment. The 3 approaches are applied considering the school and home settings. The step-by-step process is illustrated through a case study. Following this model prevents false diagnoses of language learning disabilities in LEP students and delineates some helpful strategies for intervention.

Publication Date
2000
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Citation Information
Henriette W. Langdon, J. M. Novak and R. S. Quintanar. "Setting the teaching-learning wheel in motion in assessing language minority students" Multicultural Perspectives Vol. 2 Iss. 2 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/henriette_langdon/14/