Mariana Petkova (University of South Florida, USA), Gladis Kersaint (University of South Florida)
The current process of immigration influx poses real challenges to many countries educational systems. The need to provide equal access to quality education for diverse student population becomes imperative. Thus, this study examines the features of classroom discourse in eight Algebra I classes from two urban high schools with diverse student populations. In particular, by using the discursive analysis perspective, the communication between teachers and students is examined. The study investigates to what extent teachers patterns of discourse change as a result of the number of ELLs present...
The current process of immigration influx poses real challenges to many countries educational systems. The need to provide equal access to quality edu...