National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Research Presession

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013: 9:10 AM
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
Zandra de Araujo , University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Description:
With the number of English language learners (ELLs) in American schools growing at unprecedented rates, it is important to examine which strategies for maintaining cognitive demand of tasks are effective for ELLs. In this study I identified characteristics of classroom practice that helped maintain cognitive demand of tasks implemented with ELLs.