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Primary Mainstream
Professional Readings: Mathematics
On ESOL Online
On Other Websites
- Academic English: A Conceptual Framework
Scarcella describes the academic language students need to know, and the differences between language for academic success and everyday language (PDF, 2003).
- Assessment Strategies: English, Mathematics, and Science
A very useful resource for thinking outside the square in assessment. Approaches are explained clearly and include examples. Suitable for English language learners. Concept cartoons; drawing; multiple choice questions; multiple choice items for group discussions; predict, observe, explain; matching; mathematical classroom discourse; journalling in mathematics; progressive disclosure; venn diagrams. From the ARBs
- Best Evidence Synthesis: Effective Pedagogy in Pāngarau/Mathematics
This best evidence synthesis identifies, evaluates, analyses, and synthesises what the New Zealand evidence and international research tell us about quality mathematics teaching (Education Counts).
- Strategies and Resources for Mainsteam Teachers of English Language Learners
Includes a summary of research, effective approaches and strategies, and school case studies (PDF, Northwest Regional Education Laboratory).
- The Compatibility of Good Mathematics Tasks with Good Multicultural Teaching Strategies
A set of questions to ask yourself when planning maths tasks that match the needs of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
- Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction for All: An Example of Using a Korean Traditional Game
Teaching probability using the korean game, 'yut- nori' (Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education).
- A Guide to Learning English: Advice to Mainstream Teachers (of ESOL students) - a Summary
Make it comprehensible is the message. Clearly written advice from Paul Shoebottom at Frankfurt International School.
- A Guide to Learning English: Helping ESOL Students Understand What they Read
Clearly written advice from Paul Shoebottom at Frankfurt International School.
- A Guide to Learning English: Helping ESOL Students Understand What You Say
Clearly written advice from Paul Shoebottom at Frankfurt International School.
- Ideas on Teaching: Responding to Student Diversity
General, practical suggestions for teachers with students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds in their mainstream classrooms. Appropriate for all sectors (University of Oklahoma).
- The Inclusive Classroom: Teaching Mathematics and Science to English Language Learners
From NWREL.
- Jigsaw Classroom
A co-operative learning technique that promotes effective learning and improves student motivation.
- A Mathematical Problem: How do We Teach Mathematics to LEP Elementary Students?
Does the ability to speak English affect the acquisition of mathematics skills? Read this article.
- Mathematics For Students with Learning Disabilities from Language-Minority Backgrounds:
Recommendations from Diane Torres Raborn that balance the influences of language, culture, and disability.
- Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students: Differentiating Mathematics and Science Instruction
Approaches that allow students to work at different levels. Inclusive of ESOL students (NWREL).
- Overview of Second Language Acquisition Theory
From the NW Regional Educational Laboratory.
- Reforming Mathematics Instruction for ESL Literacy Students. ERIC Digest.
By integrating maths and language teaching, innovative courses can provide experiences that bridge gaps in students' knowledge of mathematics and expand their communicative competence in English.
- What Does the Math Teacher Need to Know?
A brief, useful guide (Paul Shoebottom, Frankfurt International School).
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