Closing the Gap for Diverse Students: Research Verified Strategies
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The document provides information on professional development workshops for faculty and staff at Dillard University for the Fall 2010 semester. The workshops will cover topics such as using Microsoft Office, Blackboard, Jenzabar budget tracking software, general education curriculum, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and assessment. Workshops will be held on various dates in August and cover beginner to advanced topics for both instructional and administrative purposes. Presenters include university coordinators, directors, deans and the controller.
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Blended course on understanding, facilitating and monitoring agricultural inn...ILRI
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The document provides information on professional development workshops for faculty and staff at Dillard University for the Fall 2010 semester. The workshops will cover topics such as using Microsoft Office, Blackboard, Jenzabar budget tracking software, general education curriculum, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and assessment. Workshops will be held on various dates in August and cover beginner to advanced topics for both instructional and administrative purposes. Presenters include university coordinators, directors, deans and the controller.
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- The Natural Approach focuses on providing comprehensible input through meaningful communication and a low-anxiety environment to facilitate language acquisition.
- BICS and CALP distinguish between the social language skills needed for everyday communication versus the cognitive academic skills required for academic success. Students typically acquire BICS in 2 years but need 5-7 years to develop CALP.
- A variety of techniques are presented to accommodate students at different proficiency levels from
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Closing the Gap for Diverse Students: Research Verified Strategies
1. Closing the Gap for Diverse Students: Research Verified
Strategies
Dr. Catherine Elise Barrett
Elijah Davis
Christopher McLamb
Anyka Williams
Fayetteville State University
AMLE Conference March 17, 2014
American schools are highly unique from school systems around the globe. Across the U.S., students
in classrooms display wide variation in academic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; in addition,
students can vary in terms of socio-economic levels, previous learning experiences, and exposure to,
and knowledge of, high-level expressive and receptive language.
Too often, ethnicity is the only difference people see
People tend to apply norms from their own culture broadly and make assumptions that may not
serve students well.
It can be difficult to see or understand some differences, for example:
Children who live in poverty
Linguistic differences
Wide variation in cultural norms and the ways we make meaning
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2. Disparity in academic performance between groups of students is the broad definition of the
Achievement Gap.
The biggest suggested cause of this gap is poverty and the risk factors students living in poverty
experience (Casey, 2011).
Critical to learning, students must trust that educators do not look at their language, lifestyle, or
culture from a deficit perspective.
A deficit perspective assumes there is something “deficit” or wrong with the language, culture, or
lifestyle.
Teachers are responsible for helping all student be competitive without causing the loss of cultural
identity, a process called “accommodation without assimilation,” or the ability to comfortably
communicate, collaborate, and thrive in two or more cultures (Eggen and Kauchak, 2007, p.106).
Research shows that teachers will most certainly teach students who are members of diverse
cultures, and it is highly likely that some will be English language learners and most will be Standard
English learners (Eggen and Kauchak, 2007).
The following principles can help guide efforts by teachers as they work to educate all
students.
Communicate respect & value for all cultures and the contributions that cultural differences
make to learning.
Involve all students in learning activities.
Use concrete experiences, games, & practice to develop language.
Understand that vocabulary is powerful and necessary.
Provide opportunities for all students to practice or rehearse the use of language with
ungraded assignments.
“Academic language is the linguistic glue that holds the tasks, texts, and tests of school together. If
students can’t use this glue well, their academic work is likely to fall apart” (Zwiers, J., 2005).
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3. Five Key Metacognitive Strategies
Use context to interpret meaning
Teach words that describe thinking skills (analyzing, comparing, synthesizing, evaluating &
persuading).
Read challenging, but understandable text.
Have student practice using discipline specific terms with other students.
Have students take risks using new words in rehearsal situations.
Zwiers, 2005
Why teach vocabulary across all disciplines?
Cognitive psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1962) contended that without the language to
adequately express our thought processes and receive new concepts, limitations are
certain.
Vygotsky also believed that language and thought are inseparable; one cannot exist
without the other (Barrett, 2012).
Research into Practice: Students Need Ungraded Opportunities to Rehearse and Practice New
Words with the following oral writing activities (Campbell & Hlusek, 2009 and Dunn & Finley, 2010)
. storytelling reading published books
· talking ask, reflect, text strategy
· oral rehearsal visual arts
· sharing time drawing on story ideas
· art/drama during writing with assistance
· oral storytelling and discussion software
These models incorporate “oral writing,” which is the process of speaking to others while planning
and writing texts (Van Woerkum, 2007, p. 197).
Using “oral writing” to rehearse or practice before formal writing allows students to take risks they
wouldn’t take in a more formal situation with newly acquired words.
Students can play with words and practice using them; they can listen to how they sound, and try
substituting similar words. This is all a part of rehearsing for writing.
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4. We are limited by the words we know
People are limited by the language they know, because after all, all we know is what we have the
words to express or receive.
According to Robert Marzano, the breadth of a students’ vocabulary is a good indicator of
future academic success, because it impacts reading, writing, listening, and speaking and
learning in all disciplines.
Middle level Word Walls can be digital or traditional, and types of walls can vary (Spencer, 2014).
Content Word Walls
Words We Want to Know
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Words from Read Alouds
Spanish/English Word Walls
Graffiti Word Walls (Words that students find interesting found in reading or listening.)
Frequently Misspelled Words (tomorrow)
“Trash” Words (Words that students cannot use … e.g., thing, said, like)
“Recycled” Words (Words to use instead of… e.g excessive instead of too much)
Color-Coded Word Walls (e.g., color code verbs, nouns, and adjectives to help
students find parts of speech easily)
Revisit word walls – take into consideration things like color, visuals, and connections
Construct word walls that are much better than previously conceived by making them interactive
and with visuals
Create a Rolling Word Wall on your classroom TV or computer monitor
Use color, rolling motion, and visuals for students to watch and have multiple exposures to words
throughout the day.
Use Visuals and Symbols to Show Relevance and make mental connections to words! ↑
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5. Interactive Word Walls Make Indelible Connections between Words and Meanings and can
incorporate Pop Culture
Sentence Stem Strategy:
• The text is about…”
• “The main idea is…”
• “The most important details are…”
• “The text structure is…”
• “The text features include…”
• “To summarize the key ideas and concepts…”
• “I learned…”
• “My partner pointed out…”
• “My partner mentioned that…”
• “We agreed that…”
• “We decided that…
Real scenarios as part of an interactive Word Wall help cement understandings:
Describe what you experience when you feel content?
Could Abraham Lincoln have envisioned propelling men to the moon? Why or why not?
If a dog is eating a rancid piece of meat, do you think it could make him sick?
Create comics or graphics with word bubbles to rehearse skills and usage.
Use word walls when teaching as a reference.
Create or have students create games using scenarios.
Use as a warm-up
Keep monitor screens rolling throughout the day to provide constant exposure
Have students play with vocabulary
Incorporate vocabulary across disciplines and make it a group effort.
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6. Students need to rehearse or practice writing without consequences before they write for a grade.
Students need to think before writing about what it is they are going to write about.
Students need to collaborate with a partner or a group.
Practice is a good way to learn.
Teach students to reflect on writing with another person and through metacognition or talk in their
head.
With a partner, students can:
√ Summarize
√ Cite evidence
√ Take a position
√ Explain a process
√ Look at all sides
Compare – How are things alike?
Contrast – How are things different?
Asking questions to promote thought, e.g., What does this school look like on the inside?
Ways to Stimulate Ideas:
Partners ask each other questions on the topic
Partner’s take opposing sides or views on an issue
Partners take turns adding new information
Partners build information together researching separate aspects
Partners ask “what if” about the topic?
Ways to share:
“White Board” app
Sock Puppet app
Make a mini play or skit
Use the Puppet Pals app
Use Chart Paper
Use the White Board
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7. Ways to practice that allow for diverse cultural interpretations.
Have students create multi-modal representations of the work via:
Videos
Comics
PSA’s (Public Service Announcements)
Commercials
Books
Again, ungraded because this is practice for writing and helps students create the story line,
argument, or explanation.
As students practice, teach the formal structure so they can practice
Practice builds self-efficacy in the process, content, and new words
Practice allows teachers to differentiate instruction
Practice allows students with different learning styles to be able to express themselves and also
learn how to write a more formal paper.
Have students play with sentences combining two sentences to build more sophisticated sentences
and maximize understandings of how grammar and punctuation works.
Savannah went to the store. She bought juice.
Savannah went to the store, and she bought juice.
Savannah went to the store and bought juice.
Savannah went to the store; she bought juice.
Use Phrases to build confidence:
A phrase is a group of related words that does not include a subject and verb, and understanding
how phrases are constructed and how they function within a sentence can bolster a writer's
confidence in writing sentences that are sound in structure and various in form.
Cramming for tests is not the way to learn material.
John is always cramming for tests.
The best way to learn is not cramming for tests.
Swimming in the lake after dark is dangerous.
It is dangerous to be swimming in the lake after dark.
Use various digital tools to allow students to practice:
https://todaysmeet.com/
http://www.wiki.com/
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8. “To our knowledge, the current findings provide the first experimental evidence that
directly compares children’s vocabulary acquisition from reading versus hearing a story…”
(Suggaate, 2013).
Unprecedented new research suggests oral reading increases vocabulary understanding in
children better than silent reading (Suggate, et al 2013).
Reading aloud to students is an essential aspect of developing vocabulary in children.
While vocabulary development strategies, silent reading, and writing development still need
to take place, adding read alouds for the purpose of developing vocabulary is promising!
More Modified Think Pair Share
Pair students to read text
Partner A shares what was read
Partner B shares any different understandings
Partner A responds and shares questions
Partner B shares questions or responds
Both add comments and clarifications
Begin with teaching students how to analyze images:
Look at this image; what month was this picture likely taken?
Provide evidence of your response.
Analytical Evidence for a valid response:
It’s probably September. I say this because the river is not frozen like it would be in the cold
winter months, and most of the leaves on the trees are still green, so there must be some
warm air around keeping it green. However, again I say September, because I do notice
that some of the leaves are on the ground, and one tree has some shades of gold and red on
its leaves. If it was August, more leaves would be just green. If it was October, more leaves
would probably be yellow, gold, or red, and perhaps the trees would have already begun
losing more of their leaves? I do think it’s September, because there are some warm days
left, but there are definitely signs that a change in the season is coming as indicated by the
change in the color of the leaves on one tree.
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9. The painting is called, American Gothic. Look closely. What do you see?
Talk to your partner and tell us the Back story on these two. Be ready to tell the class.
With Your partner Tell us what’s going on in this scene.
Incorporate both fictional and informational text
Use web tools such as Lit2go, (a high quality free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3
(audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the
passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading
passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental
reading material for your classroom) to supplement readings and give students audio access to
literature. http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
https://librivox.org/
LibriVox provides free access to audiobooks that are read by volunteers from all over the world. ...
LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other devices.
Such web tools provide access to audiobooks and help students see and hear text.
10. 1. Read or listen to a story with homonyms, homophones, or homographs.
Listening and reading words within a story or text provide students with a meaningful
academic language context and models.
Create a passage based on students’ familiarity with the struggles between the North and
South before the U.S. Civil War and read it aloud.
2. Define and visualize the words through illustrations.
Visuals help learners to draw language from their knowledge and personal experiences.
Define each word and have students create a pictorial image of each word.
3. Identify the grammatical structure of each homonym word.
Understanding grammatical structure helps students discern how and when to use specific
words.
Explain grammatical features of each word and have students underline words and symbols.
4. Analyze word meanings through cloze reading activity.
Cloze activities provide students with opportunities to demonstrate comprehension.
Create sentences that demonstrate and require usage of correct meaning and word
application within a sentence.
5. Categorize homonym words according to grammatical structure.
Analyzing and categorizing words according to grammatical structure enhances word
recognition and appropriate usage.
Have students take note of spelling within grammatical categories.
6. Have students determine word meanings.
Metacognitive activities help students plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning.
Create and play a word recognition game to reinforce understanding.
(Jacobson, Lapp, & Flood, 2007)
CLOZE READING:
They’re going to the store to get their lunch. There are several options they can choose from along
the way. They will fulfill a special rite of passage as they turn right on Franklin Street and see the
university. The group is too big to fill the small shop, so they will enter two at a time.
Have students create their own Cloze Reading Activities to share with their classmates. It’s a fun
way to get students thinking more deeply about the words they encounter and use.
Create a Bridge between traditional texts with cultural forms that are visual but also tell a story
films, dance, music, art, graphic texts,
video games, smartphones, and so forth (Rowsell, 2013).
These other languages or “forms” become a bridge to more formal structures.
These forms are the very way different learners make meaning and make sense.
Once meaning is made in another form, students can learn to transfer new understandings
into more formal structures.
“Net Geners who have grown up digital have learned how to read images, like pictures, graphs, and
icons.
11. They may be more visual than their parents are (Sternberg & Preiss, 2005). A study of Net Gen
college students showed that they learned much better from visual images than from text-based
ones. (p. 106)”
Be aware of the need to incorporate and value visuals when students receive and provide
information (Roswell & Kendrick, 2013).
Use the myriad of popular culture forms as a bridge to academic texts.
Visual cultural forms in addition to traditional literature:
films, dance, music, art, graphic texts, video games, smartphones, and so forth (Rowsell, 2013).
Dr. Seuss once said, “Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more
interesting than either parent.” Across many disciplines such as the arts or social studies, where
visual phenomena are a taken-for-granted way of knowing the world (Nairn, 2005; Rose, 1996;
Scott, 1992), the visual is privileged. By contrast, in our own field of literacy education, language is
privileged, and it is assumed that whatever can be thought or felt can best be expressed through
language (Roswell & Kendrick, 2013).
We must change this bias if want to meet the needs of diverse learners and incorporate visuals in
learning and literacy!
Where reading meets social, cultural, and institutional factors
It is important, as Watson, Kehler, and Martino (2010) have underscored, that researchers
“engage with literature and analytic perspectives that are capable of addressing the
complex interplay between various social, cultural, and institutional factors—such as
gender, social class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality—that affect both boys’ and girls’
engagement with literacy” (p. 356).
Such research and writing about gender illustrates how much we need to move beyond
essentialist and simplistic explanations such as the underachievement of boys and look at
how various factors affect learning.
Multi-Modal Meaning Making
Becker (2007) argued that reports on society, visual or otherwise, “make most sense when
you see them in organizational context... as organized activities shaped by the joint efforts
of everyone involved” (p. 15). In other words, he contends that for information to make
sense, we need to see the visual as social and cultural artifacts, as the “frozen remains of
collective action” (p. 15).
When populations were more homogeneous, meaning and structure were constructed at
once.
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12. Multi-Modal Meaning Making as Rehearsal for more Formal Structures:
Today, given the vast diversity in each classroom, it’s about making meaning first and then
working to transfer a story, knowledge, etc., into a formal academic structure. If we ask
students to construct meaning from and within their unique cultural, gender, and social
perspectives, we can then work to have students transfer this understanding into academic
forms and structures that we teach.
The goal is to:
Develop vocabulary with visuals, word walls, analysis, exposure, & play
Create writers through writing with multimodal meaning-making, rehearsal, analysis, &
practice, and teach formal structures in correlation with other cultural forms
Create adept readers who appreciate reading for many purposes and look beyond texts for
deeper meaning!
Appropriate reading, writing, & vocabulary instruction for diverse students means we must
appeal to students on a multi-sensory level, and we must provide 15-20 exposures for most
students and struggling students, it may take 30 or more encounters with a word before it
becomes fully integrated. Vocabulary instruction is required for diverse leaners.
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