Roseberry Exam #1 Flashcards
IDEA 1997 & 2004 states that?
- Testing procedures and materials must not be discriminatory
- Assessment instruments must measure a student’s ability in the area tested, not the English
* *It is critical to know what is normal in L1 for each student (difference VS. disorder)
Kohnert 2013 (Lang. disorders in bilingual Ch. and Adults)
- Conduct ethnographic interviews
2. SLP asks broad, open-ended questions to find out more
Terry P., Connor C., Thomas-Tate S., and Love M (2010)
- Meta-analysis of research: Widely varying achievement among children in American schools
- When children enter school, achievement gaps are observable even before they start reading.
- Salient characteristics that predict academic success are SES and Race.
- Low SES, non-white children tend to lag behind white, middle SES children
- We need to work hard to close the gap
According to Education Week
- Nationwide, only 12% of students with limited English scored at or above proficient in math in 4th grade compared with 42% of students not classified as ELLs.
- Gap was much wider in 8th grade math, where 5% of ELLs were proficient or above proficient in math, compared with 35% of non-ELLs
On a national reading test in 8th grade, only…
3% of ELLs scored at or above proficiency, compared with 34% of non-ELLs
McMahan 2012
- Individualism: Person places own desires above those of the broader community
- Work; you are what you do
- In most cultures people define themselves in relation to fam heritage
- Avg. American worker spends 2+ wks a yr. on the job than he/she did yrs ago
- Limits free time, and fam and friend time
- Time saving devices: Usually means people end up doing more work
2011 top 5 countries that immigrants arrived?
- Mexico
- China
- India
- Philippines
- Dominican Republic
2011 leading states of residence of refugees
- Texas
- California
- New York
- Pennsylvania
The U.S. adds a new immigrant approx. every _____ seconds?
31 seconds
U.S. Census Bureau 2010
- Number of foreign-born residents in U.S. will increase from 31 million in 2000 to 48 million in 2025.
- In 2030, 43% of U.S. citizens will be non-anglo
What are some system barriers?
- Families from developing countries do not understand early intervention
- In 2007, 9 million CH. died before age 5
- Fams from refugee camps (no health care avb.)
- In U.S. we think there is a solution to disabilities in CH. (bizarre)
CH. with disabilities typically don’t go to school?
In developing countries
True
Learning and communicating in English is the greatest challenge?
True
What countries are aware of SLPs
- U.S.
- Canada
- Europe
AA girls/young women are the fastest growing group of incarcerated young people in the U.S.?
True
crimes like stealing food and milk for CH.
There may be some cultural differences between white women professionals and AA young males?
True
Lack of voice tone from professional may not get the attention of AA ch.?
True
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce 2012
- Ppl with bachelors degree make 84% more money over a lifetime than high school graduates
- College grads make 2.3 million over lifetime
- High school grads make 1.3 million over lifetime
The high school graduation rate for AAs has increased in the last few yrs?
True
National Center for Education Statistics 2013
In 2011 young adults with masters degrees…
Asians= $73,000 a yr
AAs= $50,000 a yr
Craig, Zhang, Hensel & Quinn 2009
- Examined skills of 165 TD AA Ch. in grades 1-5
2. AAE speaking students learned to use MAE in literacy tasks, did better in those who did not make this adaptation
Ivy, L.J. And Masterson J.J (Jan 2011)
- Studies use of oral and written AAE in 3rd and 8th graders
- Use of AAE was comparable for oral and written lang in 3rd graders
- 8th graders used more AAE in oral lang and less in written lang
- Ch. who speak AAE eventually learn to switch to MAE in writing
ASHA 2011 Johnson et. al., impact of dialect use on student writing
- Studied 141 2nd-4th graders at two title 1 schools in northeast florida
- 95% of Ch. were eligible for free/reduced lunch
- They got written lang. samples from these students
- The more AAE used the poorer their editing skills on a writing task
- Interventions that implement bidialectal education explicit instruction in non-AAE grammatical features may be useful in helping AAE users switch to MAE in academic setting
Low SES AA Ch. are susceptible to what?
- Lead
2. Asthma