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Science and Language for English Language Learners in Relation to Next Generation Science Standards and with Implications for Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics

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This article identified key features of the language of the science classroom as students engage in these language-intensive science and engineering practices and highlighted implications for Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics.
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The National Research Council (2011) released “A Framework for K–12 Science Education” that is guiding the development of the Next Generation Science Standards, which are expected to be finalized in early 2013. This article addresses language demands and opportunities that are embedded in the science and engineering practices delineated in the Framework. By examining intersections between learning of science and learning of language, the article identifies key features of the language of the science classroom as students engage in these language-intensive science and engineering practices. We propose that when students, especially English language learners, are adequately supported to “do” specific things with language, both science learning and language learning are promoted. We highlight implications for Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics.

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A Case Study of a Science Teacher’s Knowledge of Students in Relation to Addressing the Language Demands of Science

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on science teachers' knowledge of students (KS) for addressing the language demands of science and uncover how this knowledge teachers require to support students' learning of the language of science.
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Cognitive Language and Content Standards: Language Inventory of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards

TL;DR: The authors examined how terms within the CCSSM and the NGSS are used and aligned by addressing the following research questions: (1) What common terminology is found across CCSSm and NGSS? (2) How does the terminology between the CCSM and NGS compare to one another? (3) How do the cognitive terms found in CCSSC and NGSC change across grade bands?
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Reshaping the Mainstream Education Climate through Bilingual-Bicultural Education

TL;DR: This paper examined in-service teachers' transformed perspectives and practices for educating emergent bilinguals resulting from graduate study in a bilingual education graduate program in Chicago and found that teacher preparation in bilingual education (1) prepared and empowered teachers to meet the academic, social, and cultural-linguistic needs of emergent learners in their classrooms and (2) fostered a conscious inner transformation in teachers that resulted in new ways and purposes of interacting with learners, their families, and colleagues.
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A Tool for Visualizing and Inquiring into Whole-Class Sensemaking Discussions

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a unique graphic representation of classroom talk which they call barcodes to identify patterns that emerge over time to better understand student participation and how teachers support students' disciplinary work.
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Decision-Making Practices of Experienced Upper Elementary Teachers during Small Group Instruction to Support English Learners

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate upper elementary teachers' decision-making practices regarding grouping configurations and purposes set for small group instruction (SGI) across content a.k.a. SGI.
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A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

David Gillam
TL;DR: In this article, a Mars Exploration Program lesson was prepared by Arizona State University's Mars Education Program, under contract to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology.