UQE97

Resources
Evidence of
Mastery
Learning Options
and Activities
Guiding
Objectives
Topic 5
Key
Questions
Echevarria, J. (1998, December). Teaching
Language Minority Students in Elementary
Schools. (Topic 5 HO 6)
Echevarria, J., & Goldenberg, C. (1999,
October). Teaching Secondary Language
Minority Students. (Topic 5 HO 7)
Effective
participation
in group
activities
and panel
discussions.
Review the Florida
Consent Decree (Topic 5
HO 1) and the Florida
Performance Standards
for Teachers of English
for Speakers of Other
Languages. (Topic 5 HO 2)
Understand
the
characteristics
and needs
of linguistic
minority gifted
students.
(GT6K1)
Why do
linguistic
minority gifted
students
need special
considerations
for
programming?
Special Populations Matrix Topic 5
Linguistic Diversity Matrix
Topic 5
Cohen, L. (1990). Meeting the Needs of
Gifted and Talented Minority Language
Students. ERIC Digest #E480. Reston, VA:
Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted
Children. ERIC Document Reproduction
Service No. 321485. (Topic 5 HO 8)
Determine the number of
different languages and
dialects spoken in your
school district and list the
recommendations the
district suggests for
instructional strategies to
use with ESOL (English
Speakers of Other
Languages) students.
Discuss how these apply
to teaching gifted minority
students.
Appreciate
and
incorporate
the cultural
and linguistic
perspectives
of gifted
students who
are bilingual
or multilingual
into
curriculum.
(GT6K3)
What
modifications
to the
curriculum
should be
made for
linguistic
minority gifted
students?
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Barkan, J. H., & Bernal, F. M. (1991). Gifted
education for bilingual and limited English
proficient students. Gifted Child Quarterly 35,
144–147.
Castellano, J. A., & Diaz, F. I. (Eds.). (2002).
Reaching new horizons: Gifted and talented
education for culturally and linguistically
diverse students. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Tharpe, R. G. (1997). From At-Risk to Excellence:
Research, Theory, and Principles for
Practice. Santa Cruz, CA: Center for Research
on Education, Diversity, & Excellence (CREDE),
University of California.
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