BE024340: FORUM Volume 16, No.4.
| Acquisition Number: | BE024340 |
| Title: | FORUM Volume 16, No.4. |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | Chamot, Anna Uhl |
| Institution/Corporate Author: | National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Washington, DC. |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | 4 p. |
| Online: | http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/rcd/BE024340/Forum_v16_n4_May_1993.pdf |
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| Abstract: | Effective instruction for language minority students shares major characteristics with effective instruction for native English-speakers. However, additional instructional features need to be implemented for language minority students. This article describes five teaching practices that can lead to higher levels of achievement for language minority students: use of students' prior knowledge, teacher modeling, scaffolded instruction, interactive teaching, and the teaching of metacognition and thinking. Each of these can be attributed to a cognitive model of learning in which learners are perceived as active partners in the construction of knowledge. |