Generally speaking, studies on the effectiveness of bilingual education have shown that
a. bilingual education is not as effective as immersion programs in terms of bringing non-English-speaking students up to the same level of competence as English-speaking students.
b. bilingual education appears to produce moderate gains in achievement in reading, language, and math skills tests.
c. there appears to be little difference in test score gains between bilingual and immersion programs.
d. English and reading scores seem to benefit from bilingual programs, whereas math and science test scores appear to benefit more from immersion programs.
Ques. 2The appendix of a qualitative report should contain
a. review of literature.
b. sampling techniques used to select subjects.
c. results of any tests of significance that were used.
d. copies of interview schedules or other data-gathering procedures.
Ques. 3Bilingual programs that try to improve non-English-speaking students' native-language competence are known as programs.
a. bicultural
b. transitional
c. pluralistic
d. maintenance
Ques. 4To help a reader to vicariously experience the research setting and to understand how the conclusions of a qualitative study were reached, a qualitative report should
a. organize the report according to the hypotheses that guided the study.
b. use direct quotes and field note excerpts.
c. organize the data according to the order in which they were collected.
d. describe the data collection methods that were used.
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