Two-way Immersion Program Designs: The 90/10 Model versus the 50/50 Model
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Authors
Salinas, Ivonne L.
Issue Date
2005
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Thesis
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en_US
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This is a proposed study in which two-way immersion program designs were
evaluated to see which program design produced better academic achievement
scores, language proficiency, and cultural awareness in students K-5. One of the
2 program designs was the 90/1 0 model, in which 90% of the class was given in
a second language, in this case Spanish, and 1 0°/o of the class was given in
English. The second program design was the 50/50 model, in which the class
was conducted half in Spanish and half in English. The hypothesis was that
students in the 90/10 model would have better academic results and language
proficiency on the standardized tests given than the students in the 50/50 model.
The participants were 200 California students, 100 of the minority language, and
1 00 of the majority language. They were randomly assigned to 1 of the 2 models
and participated in them for six academic school years. After each year, but
specifically the sixth year, test results were evaluated to see which program
design produced better results overall.
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