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Appendix C— Funded Research Activities This appendix details the funded research activities related to English-language learners and bilingual education. It includes the following activities:
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Research funded by the Department of Education, 1980-1995
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National educational research and development centers
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The Center for Language Education and Research (1987-1988)
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Publications of the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second-Language Learning
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Research on English-language learners funded by the Office of Special Education Programs
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A project of the National Science Foundation
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Fiscal year 1995 grants to the National Institute for Mental Health and the Department of Health and Human Services
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Projects of the other National Institutes of Health
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Activities funded by the Spencer Foundation
Research Funded By The U.S. Department Of Education, 1980-1995 The following table lists the research activities funded by the Department of Education during 1980-1995.
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Name
Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
Bilingual Fellows
1988, 1991-92
Mayatech
434,712
OBEMLA
Inservice Training
1981, 1983-84
ARAWAK Consulting Group
768,385
OBEMLA
Benchmark Study
1995
Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
448,221
OBEMLA
Field-Initiated Studiesa
1995
683,979
OBEMLA
Development of Teacher Training Models
1993
500
OBEMLA
An Analysis of LEP Students Grant Analysis Study
1991
Atlantic Resources Corporation
20,523
OBEMLA
An Aggregation and Analysis of the Title VII Local Education Agency Database
1991
Amerind
45,873
OBEMLA
Analysis and Reporting of SEA Data LEPS
1990
Atlantic Resources
258,781
OBEMLA
Analysis of the Level of Demand for EACS
1988
Atlantic Resources
140,048
OBEMLA
Review of ESL Literature
1984
InterAmerica Research Associates
35,000
OBEMLA
Outlying Territories
1984
Development Associates
24,000
OBEMLA
Recent Immigrant Study (HOPE)
1984
Hope Associates (Esperanza Medina)
164,373
OBEMLA
Dean's Grant Program
1984
Carolyn W. Ebel (Carolyn W. Ebel)
10,000
OBEMLA
Descrip. Anal. of Title VII SEA Activities
1983
SRA Technologies
195,433
OBEMLA
Native Americans (MESA)
1983
MESA Corp.
167,143
OBEMLA
Bilingual Education in Pacific Islands
1983
U.S. Human Resources
159,953
OBEMLA
Educational Technology
1983
COMSIS
130,170
OBEMLA
Head Start Evaluation Strategies
1981
Juarez and Associates (Regino Chavez)
49,750
OBEMLA
Capacity Building Study
1981
NTS Research Corporation (Liz Reisner)
80,000
OBEMLA
Projections Study (Interamerica)
1980
Interamerica Research Associates
32,640
OBEMLA
Pacific Island Language Groups
1980
Interamerica Research Associates
25,000
OBEMLA
A Descriptive Study of the ESEA Title VII Education Services for High School Students
1994-95
Development Technologies, Inc.
299,893
OBEMLA
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Name
Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
Bilingual Fellows Supply and Demand
1991-92
100,720
OBEMLA
Updating a Database on LEA Participation
1990-91
Amerind
180,557
OBEMLA
SEA/LEA Capacity Building
1989-90
ARC and Ass. (Yungho Kim, Tamara Lucas)
411,050
OBEMLA
Family English Literacy Program Evaluation
1989-90
Atlantic Resources
490,773
OBEMLA
Educational Personnel Training Evaluation
1989-90
Research Triangle Institute
735,466
OBEMLA
Exemplary Alternative Programs
1988-89
Southwest Educ. Development Lab (Tikunoff)
794,395
OBEMLA
Definization of Letter Contract
1985-86
Novcom Systems, Inc.
205,989
OBEMLA
Teacher Language Skills Survey
1980-82
InterAmerica Research Associates (Michael O'Malley)
601,962
OBEMLA
Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC)
1992-95
Development Associates
2,359,013
OBEMLA
Descriptive Study of Content-ESL
1991-94
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
929,338
OBEMLA
Innovative Approaches Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC)
1987-90 1985-89
Development Ass. COMSIS
2,596,378 927,482
OBEMLA OBEMLA
NAS
1994-95
200,000
OBEMLA/OERI
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
1991-95
1,505,979
OBEMLA/OERI
Recent College Graduates
1985, 1987, 1990
Research Triangle Institute
128,850
OERI
Schools and Staffing
1987
SRI International
98,606
OERI
Causal Relationships
1983
Dept. of Psychology, Yale
45,000
OER
LM&AI Instrument Validation (NCBR)
1983
National Center for Bilingual Research (Daniel Ulibarri)
59,974
OERI
English Tense Marking in Vietnamese
1983
Center for Applied Linguistics
50,891
OERI
Literacy in Inglewood
1981
Department of Education, UCLA (Kathleen Rockhill)
4,716
OERI
Improving the Functional Writing
1981
Center for Ethnographic Research (Trueba and Moll)
125,000
OERI
Improving the Functional Writing/Urban
1981
University City Science Center, Philadelphia (Morris and Louis)
136,000
OERI
Hispanic and Anglo School Post Office Sy.
1981
Jennifer Greene (Jennifer Greene)
31,420
OERI
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Name
Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
Comparison Cognitive Monitoring Skills
1981
Department of Psychology, Stanford (John Flavell)
14,776
OERI
Acquisition of Literacy Skill in L1-L2
1981
Department of Education, UC Santa Barbara (Susan Goldman)
32,966
OERI
Organization of Chicano Narrative Behavior
1981
Educational Testing Service (Richard Duran)
40,955
OERI
Cross Language Research
1981
Department of Psychology, UC Riverside (Ovid J. Tzeng)
50,000
OERI
Cognitive Flexibility and Social Skill
1981
Department of Psychology, Yale (Kenji Hakuta)
65,165
OERI
Mathematics Learning Style Chinese
1981
ARC and Associates (Sau-Lim Tsang)
31,645
OERI
Algebra Clinical Interview Tech.
1981
Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Mass., Amherst (Gerace and Mestre)
31,680
OERI
Language Function 3rd Grade Reading Lessons
1981
ARC Associates (Larry Guthrie)
61,001
OERI
Development of Writing
1981
Department of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe (Carole Edelsky)
52,318
OERI
English Language Use Adolescent Vietnamese Refugees
1981
Center for Applied Linguistics (Wolfram and Christian)
64,891
OERI
Lang. Behavior of Puerto Ricans in the U.S.
1981
Centro de Estudios Puerto Riquenos (Pedraza Pousada and Bennet)
62,180
OERI
Development of Writing Native American
1981
Program in Lang and Lit, College of Education, Univ. of Arizona/Tuscon (Yetta Goodman)
70,000
OERI
Nonverbal Factors in the 1981 Educ. of Chinese
Asian American Studies, SF State University (Malcolm Collier)
14,478
OERI
Interdependence and Management in Bil C1
1981
School of Education, Stanford (Elizabeth Cohen)
51,999
OERI
Nonverbal Comm. Amerind Children and Teach
1981
Native American Research Institute (Paul Greenbaum)
64,767
OERI
Report Series on Local Bil. Ed. Programs
1981
E.H. White and Company (Regina Kyle)
82,893
OERI
Assessment of 2nd Language Skills in Puerto Rico
1980
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (Silvia Viera)
49,433
OERI
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Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
Inservice Training Needs Puerto Rico
1980
InterAmerican University (Eduardo Rivera Medina)
242,718
OERI
Bilingual Inst. Pract. Non-Public Schools
1980
Educational Testing Service (Elford and Woodford)
133,000
OERI
Synthesis of Results of SBIF Study
1980
E.H. White and Company (Regina Kyle)
31,000
OERI
Adult Working Class Speakers
1980
The Huron Institute (Cancino and Hakuta)
15,000
OERI
School Communicative Competence
1980
Graduate School of Education, Fordham (Brause and Bruno)
60,145
OERI
Bilingual Education Strategies
1983-84
Ventriglia (Ventriglia)
152,180
OERI
Learning English Through Bilingual Instruction
1980-81
School of Education, UC Berkeley (Lily Wong Fillmore)
436,000
OERI
Language and Literacy in Bilingual Instruction
1980-81
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (Domingo Dominguez)
538,794
OERI
Social Context of Learning in Bil. Class
1980-81
Graduate School of Education, U.C. Berkeley (Donald Hansen)
402,000
OERI
Language Diversity and Classroom Discourse
1980-81
Center for Applied Linguistics (Shuy and Kovac)
104,830
OERI
Bil. Comm. Skills in Classroom Context Pro
1980-81
Center for Human Information (Luis Moll)
103,720
OERI
Significant Instructional Features Study
1980-82
Far West Laboratory (William J. Tikunoff)
2,829,609
OERI
National Assessment Educ. Progress (NAEP)
1983-87
WESTAT
818,005
OERI
Small Business Innovat. Research (SBIR)
1987-93
Various
379,344
OERI
National Educational Longitudinal (NELS)
1984-92
National Opinion Research
2,500,000
OERI
(NELS) High School and Beyond
1981-82, 1984
National Opinion Research (S. Peng, R. Valdivieso)
890,000
OERI
Secondary Students Study
1983, 1985
Naomi Gray
645,790
PES
Chapter 1 LEP Students
1983, 1985-86, 1990-93
WESTAT/ABT
798,618
PES
English Language Proficiency Study (ELSP)
1980, 1982-85
Decision Resources/Bureau of Census (Chester Bowie)
2,671,150
PES
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Name
Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
Multifunctional Centers Study
1986
Policy Studies Assoc.
38,881
PES
Indian Add On
1985
Development Assoc.
438,591
PES
Evaluation of EDACS
1984
Pelavin Associates
104,324
PES
DISTAR
1984
Pelavin Associates
83,716
PES
Synthesis of Ed Research I
1984
Pelavin Associates
97,229
PES
Longitudinal Analysis of the IMPA
1984
University of Oregon
82,157
PES
National Long. Descriptive Phase
1983
Develop Ass./Research Triangle Institute (Mal Young)
789,000
PES
Clearinghouse Evaluation
1983
Pelavin Associates
92,328
PES
NonTitle VII Districts
1983
Advanced Technology
57,681
PES
Bilingual Education Formula
1981
Applied Urbanetics
75,000
PES
Parental Involvement in 4 Federal Ed. Pro.
1980
Systems Development Corp. (Al Robbins)
310,300
PES
Training for Student Placement System Res.
1980
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (Mashito Okada)
203,708
PES
Descriptive Study of Svcs. to LEP Students
1991-92
Development Assoc.
709,000
PES
National Academy Review
1990-91
National Academy of Sciences
200,000
PES
Parent Attitude Study
1985-86
Educational Testing Service
694,822
PES
META Analysis
1981-82
National Center for Bilingual Research
393,000
PES
Study of Teaching Training (RMC)
1981-82
RMC Research Corporation (David Kaskowitz)
146,258
PES
Development of Data Gathering Models
1980-81
InterAmerica Research Associates (Ray Perez)
410,000
PES
Eval. of Classroom Component (CLIC)
1980-81
Development Associates (Rene Cardenas)
82,893
PES
Identifying Model Strategies
1991-93
Public Studies Associates (PSA)
477,000
PES
Immigrant and Refugee
1989-91
COSMOS
473,240
PES
Evaluation Models Study
1985-87
SRA Technologies
940,753
PES
Selection Procedures
1984-86
Pelavin Associates
431,209
PES
Local Evaluation and
1989-92
Development Assoc. (Hopstock, Young, Zehler)
471,125
PES
Improvement Practices
Immersion Study
1983-88, 1990
SRA Technologies/Aguirre Intl.
4,545,919
PES
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Name
Years Funded
PI/Organization (Principal Researcher)
Total Amount (Dollars)
Managing Office
National Long. Evaluation Impact Phase
1983-84, 1986,
Development Assoc./Research Triangle Institute (Mal Young)
4,663,390
PES
Synthesis of Ed. Sponsored Research II
1988-89
Pelavin Associates
PES
NOTE: Information used to compile this table came from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.
aFollowing are the projects included and total amount for each: Cambridge School System—Amigos Research Project—S118,241; Arlington Public Schools (VA)—Alternative Assessment in two-way bilingual immersion programs—S84,035; University of Chicago—Learning at Home—$108,106; George Washington University—Oasis Oral Assessment of Students in Spanish—$69,893; Arlee Montana—Writing Assessment—$45,968; Bernalillo Public Schools (NM)—Talking Life Experiences and Stories—$130,074; IDRA (San Antonio) Early Childhood Model Development—S127,662.
National Educational Research And Development Centers (1990-1995) National Center on Adult Literacy Director: Daniel Wagner University of Pennsylvania 3910 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111
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The Families and Literacy Learning Project
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Adult Literacy Programs for Bilingual Populations
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning Director: Barry McLaughlin University of California at Santa Cruz 141 Clark Kerr Hall Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Matches and Mismatches in Family and School Discourse: Consequences for School Achievement in Hispanic and Anglo Children from Low-Income Families
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Parent-Child Conversations and Children's Linguistic and Conceptual Development: Effects of Language and Culture
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Socialization of Scientific Discourse in Samoan-American Households
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The Development of Effective Education in Native American Culture
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Assisting the Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Students
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Funds of Knowledge for Teaching
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Korean-American Literacy Practices
•
Language Instruction for LEP Children
•
Two-Way Bilingual Education: Learning and Understanding Two Different Languages in the Same Sociocultural Context
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Discourse Strategies in Cooperative Learning Settings
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The Academic Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students
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The Role of Sociocultural, Instructional, and Motivational Factors in the Development of Higher Order Cognitive Processes in Mathematics Among Language Minority Students
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Integrating Language and Culture in Social Studies
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Cheche Konnen: Case Studies in Scientific Sense-Making
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Diagnostic and Dynamic Assessment of Comprehension and Reasoning Skills
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Assessing Academic Language of Language Minority Students
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Context-based and Interactive Approaches to Assessment Study
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk Co-Director: Robert E. Slavin Johns Hopkins University CSOC, 3505 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21219
Co-Director: A. Wade Boykin Howard University Department of Psychology Washington, D.C. 20059
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Effective Bilingual Education
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Effective American Indian Education
Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning Co-Directors: Don Davies and Joyce Epstein Boston University 605 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
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National Support Systems: Impact on Puerto Rican Families, Communities, and Schools
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The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented Director: Joseph Renzulli University of Connecticut 362 Fairfield Road U-7 Storrs, CT 06269-2007
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An Investigation of Giftedness in Economically Disadvantaged and Limited-English Proficiency Students
National Research Center on Literature Teaching and Learning Director: Arthur N. Applebee State University of New York at Albany School of Education 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222
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Teaching the Process of Literary Understanding
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The Role of Literature in the School Experiences of 4- to 7-Year-Old Children: A Longitudinal Study
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Multicultural Awareness in Multiethnic Schools: Linking Organizational and Individual Perspectives in Literature
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Cross-Cultural Responses to Literature
National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Education Director: Thomas Romberg University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Center for Education Research 1025 West Johnson Street Madison, WI 53706
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Implementation of Reform
The Policy Center of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education Director: Susan Fuhrman Rutgers University 86 Clifton Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1568
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Categorical Programs
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National Reading Research Center Co-Directors: Donna E. Alvermann and John T. Guthrie University of Georgia 318 Aderhold Hall Athens, GA 30602-7125
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Extending the Classroom Use of Shared Reading to the Home Environment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
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Literacy Behaviors in a Kindergarten Bilingual Classroom.
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Portfolios Across Sites and Cultural Contexts
National Center for Science Teaching and Learning Co-Directors: Arthur L. White and Michael H. Klapper Ohio State University 1929 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1015
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Japanese Sojourners' Learning Strategies
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Hispanic Culture and Science Learning
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Construction and Validation of an Articulated Assessment Package to Evaluate Achievement and Attitudes Related to Integrated Science and Mathematics Education for Anglo and Hispanic Elementary School Students
National Center for Research on Teacher Learning Co-Directors: Robert E. Floden and G. Williamson McDiarmid Michigan State University College of Education 116 Erikson East Lansing, MI 48824-1034
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Learning About Diverse Learners
National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy Director: Sarah W. Freedman University of California at Berkeley School of Education 5513 Tolman Hall Berkeley, CA 94720
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Diversity and Literacy Development in the Early Years
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The Oral and Written Language Growth on Non-English Background Secondary Students
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Literacy Learning/Writing in the Multicultural Secondary Classroom
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Cultural Models of Literacy: A Comparative Study
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Center For Language Education And Research (1985-1989) Academic Knowledge Base Improving Reading Instruction and Text Comprehension for Language Minority Students. C. Valadez, (University of California, Los Angeles); A. Padilla, UCLA.
Reading Achievement Among Language Minority Students. R. Duran, UC-Santa Barbara.
Dialogue Journals as a Research and Pedagogical Tool with Language Minority Students. J.K. Peyton, (Center for Applied Linguistics, CAL).
Improving Reasoning Skills. R. Duran, UC-Santa Barbara.
Language and Problem Solving in Secondary School Science Classes. G. Spanos, CAL; J. Crandall, CAL.
Processes and Significant Features of Cooperative Learning Programs. E. Jacob, CAL.
The Adjunct Model of Language Instruction for Language Minority University Students. M.A. Snow, UCLA; D. Brinton, UCLA.
Written and Spoken Language Differences in Bilingual Elementary School Children. V. Flashner, UCLA.
Scaffolded Classroom Interaction and Its Relation to Second Language Acquisition for Language Minority Students. B. Hawkins, UCLA.
Professional Development Preparation and Implementation of the Professional Development Program. C. Valadez, UCLA; J. Crandall, CAL.
Developing an Information and Support Network of Educators of Language Minority Students. J. Crandall, CAL; D. Christian, CAL.
Helping Pre-Service Teacher Training in Bilingual Education and ESL Credential Programs to Meet the Needs of Teachers in the Field. C. Valadez, UCLA.
Improvement of Content of Materials, Curricula, and Programs Materials, Curriculum, and Programs for Language Minority Educators. C. Valadez, UCLA.
Materials, Curricula, and Programs for Second Language Education. D. Christian, CAL.
Linguistic and Metalinguistic Underpinnings of Academic Learning Cross Language Transfer of School Skills and Metalinguistic Skills in Bilingual Program Students. K. Hakuta, UC-Santa Cruz
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Implicit
Stanford University To improve translation services in health care settings for non-English-speaking Americans $300,868
Self Reliance Foundation, Santa Fe, NM For U.S. national Spanish-language radio programs on family planning and women's reproductive rights $13,300
Sequoia Union School District, Redwood City, CA For immigrant education program at Sequoia High School $57,014
Family and Community Enrichment Services, Belmont, CA Las Familias Unidas program for Latino youth and their families in Sequoia High School District $32,000
Hispanos Unidos, Redwood City, CA Teatro Juvenil, an after-school theater program for Latino youth $31,310
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, Santa Cruz, CA To prevent violence and gang involvement among Latino youth $55,000
Carnegie Corporation of New York Research Explicit
Stanford University A report on federal education programs for limited-English-proficient students $165,000 over 16 months
The Latino Institute, Chicago, IL Toward the Latino Urban Policy Agenda Project $225,000 over 3 years
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Implicit
Yale University To test both the Comer and Zigler methods $350,000 over 2 years
Partial Research Implicit
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, NY To make high-quality education available to Puerto Ricans $450,000 over 3 years
National Council of La Raza, L.A., CA For work with Hispanic school-aged children in increasing their educational success $300,000 over 2 years
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Philadelphia, PA To plan a national strategy to reach and serve Hispanic children and adolescents $25,000
Southwest Voter Research Institute, San Antonio, TX Toward a citizenship project for Hispanic immigrants $75,000
Nonresearch Explicit
Avance, San Antonio, TX Parent-child education program, including English-language classes $350,000 over 2 years
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Detroit, MI To offer certificates in 33 fields, including special certificates for work with limited-English-proficient children $1,000,000
Implicit
Latino Issues Forum, San Francisco, CA Toward public education to encourage naturalization among legal immigrants $25,000
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Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, NY, NY Toward institutional strengthening in public education and media advocacy $25,000
Ford Foundation Research Explicit
National Coalition of Advocates for Students $150,000
National Immigration Forum $535,000
Partial Research Explicit
Multicultural Education and Training Advocacy (META) Project $160,000
Implicit
Refugees International $150,000
National Community College Hispanic Council $175,000
Nonresearch Explicit
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund $1,425,000
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education $190,000
Implicit Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute $400,000
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Cuban American National Council $190,000
Institute for Puerto Rican Policy $230,000
Latino Institute $300,000
National Hispanic Leadership Institute $75,000
National Puerto Rican Coalition $340,000
National Puerto Rican Forum $25,000
United Latino Fund $200,000
Chicago Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Protection $175,000
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles $160,000
Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services $145,000
Haitian Refugee Center/Sant Refijie Ayisyin $250,000
Immigration and Refugee Services of America $500,000
Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition $50,000
New York Immigration Coalition $145,000
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Explicit
Michigan State University For research on the adaptation of the children of recent immigrants $130,000
Implicit
American Historical Association To create a guide to manuscript collections in U.S. repositories relating to Spanish colonial presence in the New World, 1492-1900 $125,000
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. For policy research on Asian Pacific immigrants $225,000
Association of Research Libraries To coordinate a North American distributed network-based system of library acquisitions and document delivery in Latin American studies $90,000
Partial Research Explicit
California State University at Long Beach In support of programs on immigrant education $615,000
California Tomorrow In support of programs on immigrant education $615,000
Center for Applied Linguistics In support of programs on immigrant education $640,000
Intercultural Development Research Association In support of programs on immigrant education $506,000
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National Coalition of Advocates for Students In support of programs on immigrant education $300,000
University of Maryland at Baltimore County In support of programs on immigratn education $433,000
Implicit
University of California, Berkeley To develop a research network and linked electronic library system with five Chilean libraries $300,00
University of New Mexico To create an online database relating to Latin American and Caribbean countries $200,000
University of Texas at Austin To develop its Latin American Network Information Center $500,000
Nonresearch Explicit
Brown University To support activities for school district superintendents working with limited-English-proficient populations $150,000
Implicit
University of Houston To improve publishing operations and organizational capacities of Arte Publico Press $380,000
New York Community Trust To assist immigrants and related groups in New York $50,000
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New York Immigration Coalition For its project Improving Newcomer Access to City Services $50,000
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Nonresearch Explicit
Ravenswood City School District To purchase native-language library materials $100,000
Implicit
Arizona State University Foundation For the Expanding Minority Opportunities program $5,000
California Tomorrow For the Education for a Diverse Society/School Restructuring project $75,000
Center for Third World Organizing For the multicultural leadership development project $50,000
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Summary
Foundation
Total Grants
Education Grants
Ford
$285,700,000
$46,300,000
Pew
172,815,600
31,275,000
Mott
49,031,000
Lilly
98,300,000
27,500,000
Carnegie
53,152,574
22,866,0331
Packard
62,746,000
Exxon
53,759,042
23,894,8672
Russell Sage
MacArthur
735,900,000
47,800,0003
Spencer
12,990,000
12,990,0004
Mott
Mailman
967,340
Mellon
119,480,950
53,801,5505
Hewlett
39,330,008
10,713,000
McDonnell
21,791,551
6,000,9676
1Figure is for programs on children and youth.
2Breaks down into $3,504,511 for higher education, $962,989 for precollege education, and an additional $19,427,367 from the Exxon Education Foundation.
3Figures for MacArthur are for the period 1990-1994.
4It seems that all of the Spencer Foundation's grants went to education-related efforts.
5Figure is for higher education and scholarship ($45,683,700) plus literacy ($8,117,850).
6These figures may be inaccurate, since the relevant information was not clearly labeled.
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Spencer Foundation: Small Research Grants And Fellowships Relating To Language/Literacy And Education 1992 Small Grants *Lourdes Diaz Soto, Lehigh University Bilingual Families as Educators $7,500
Dissertation-Year Fellowships Angela R. Wiley, Clark University Parental Values and the Child's Creation of a Culturally Relevant Self: Language as Mediation $15,000
1993 Small Grants *Aydin Durgunoglu and P. David Pearson, University of Illinois at Urbana Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Students $7,500
Lucia A. French Language Demands Associated with Schooling: A Perspective From Korea $7,500
Dissertation Fellowships Margaret Bender, University of Chicago Contemporary Uses of the Cherokee Syllabary: The Meanings of Writing and of the Written Word in Cherokee $15,000
*Miguel Lopez, University of California, Berkeley English Literacy Acquisition Among Southeast Asian Children in Classroom Contexts $15,000
1994 Small Research Grants Denise A. Davidson, Loyola University of Chicago Bilingual Language Development in Young Children $9,250
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John W. DuBois, University of California, Santa Barbara Analyzing Bilingual Children's Understanding of Reading Comprehension: Questions Involving Source of Knowledge and Perspective $5,000
William E. Nagy and Erica F. McClure, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Linguistic Transfer and the Acquisition of English Vocabulary by Spanish-Speaking Students $8,110
Dissertation Fellowships *Thomas Mario Kalmar, Harvard University Adult Biliteracy: The Case of the Cobden Glossaries $15,000
Postdoctoral Fellowships *G.Genevieve Patthey-Chavez, Los Angeles City College School and Home Language Socialization: Understanding the Experiences of Latino Children $40,000
1995 Small Grants *Irene-Anna Diakidoy and Stella Vosniadov, University of South Dakota Lakota/Dakota Children's Knowledge Acquisition in Astronomy $12,000
Dissertation Fellowships Cynthia Brock, Michigan State University Exploring a Second-Language Learner's Opportunities for Literacy Learning in a Mainstream Classroom $15,000
Jane Herman, Harvard University Cross-Linguistic Transfer among Bilingual Kindergartners Learning to Read $15,000
*Indicates minority scholar.
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Representative terms from entire chapter:
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