Integrating Literacy Strategies into the Math Classroom to Improve the Math Skills of English Language Learners
Term
Summer 8-11-2014
Capstone
Thesis
Degree Name
MALED
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Jennifer Carlson
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Katie Wichterman
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Kate Gant
Abstract
The research question addressed in this project was: What literacy strategies can be integrated into a fifth grade math classroom to improve the math skills of English Language Learners? The motivation behind this capstone was to support English Language Learners who struggled with math concepts due to language and literacy barriers. The capstone explains four very beneficial literacy strategies that can be incorporated into the math classroom. These include anticipation guide, using errors to enhance learning, oral and written expression, vocabulary books. The key influence of this capstone was D’Ambrosio, Johnson, and Hobbs book Educating Everybody’s Children (1995). The author of the capstone creates a data analysis unit with literacy strategies used for each day of the lesson. The author determined that: 1) all students benefited from having literacy strategies integrated into their math classroom; 2) English Language Learners showed the greatest growth using these strategies.
Keywords
ESL/ ELLs, Mathematics
Recommended Citation
Albright, Bonnie Jeanette, "Integrating Literacy Strategies into the Math Classroom to Improve the Math Skills of English Language Learners" (2014). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 8.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/8
Comments
Alternate title:
A literacy strategy based fifth grade data analysis curriculum that is beneficial for English language learners