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Ideal as a supplementary text for a variety of courses and as a guide for in-service teachers and for professional development settings, Teaching English Language Learners: 43 Strategies for Successful K–8 Classrooms provides teachers of all content areas with a broad, practical approach to teaching English language learners in the regular classroom setting.
Planning Different Forms of Assessment
Teachers, administrators, and parents have long known that not all students learn in the same way. Some students appear to be visual learners, others may be auditory learners, and many students learn by doing; some students speak English as a primary language, whereas ELLs are in the process of acquiring academic English. Teachers strive to ensure that instruction is compatible with the learning styles, developmental levels, and language proficiencies of students. Assessment, an integral part of instruction, must also account for student differences in strengths and needs to enable all students to demonstrate conceptual knowledge, abilities, and skills.
Theory and/or Research Underlying the Strategy
The student's assessment or the product that she or he produces should clearly demonstrate ...
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