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Jim Cummins
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 205
Citations - 29928
Jim Cummins is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bilingual education & Language assessment. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 203 publications receiving 28659 citations. Previous affiliations of Jim Cummins include Åbo Akademi University & Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
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Language, Power And Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire
TL;DR: This paper revisited research, theory and policy in bilingual education - evaluating the credibility of empirical data challenging the discourse of disempowerment through critical dialogue transformative pedagogy, and the nature of language proficiency: language proficiency in academic contexts.
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Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that cognitively and academically beneficial bilingualism can be achieved only on the basis of adequately developed first language (L1) skills and two hypotheses are formulated and combined to arrive at this position.
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Empowering minority students: A framework for intervention.
TL;DR: Cummins as discussed by the authors presents a theoretical framework for analyzing minority students' school failure and the relative lack of success of previous attempts at educational reform, such as compensatory education and bilingual education.
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Bilingualism and special education : issues in assessment and pedagogy
TL;DR: In this paper, the origins of bias in IQ tests were identified as the construct of "learning disability" underachievement among minority children language proficiency, bilingualism and academic achievement learning difficulties in "immersion" programmes assessment of bilingual exceptional students.