National University of Samoa: Recent submissions

  • Meeting the Literacy Development Needs of Adolescent English Language Learners Through Content-Area Learning 
    Meltzer, Julie; Hamann, Edmund (The Education Alliance, Brown University, 2005)
    Today, English language learners (ELLs) represent an increasing proportion of U.S. middle and high school enrollment. As a result, mainstream content-area teachers are more likely than ever to have ELLs in their classrooms. ...
  • Theories of Mathematics Education 
    Sriraman, Bharath (eds); English, Lyn (Springer, 2010)
  • Integrated Water Resources Management: A Reassessment 
    Biswas, Asit K (International Water Resources Association, 2004)
    The concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been around for some 60 years. It was rediscovered by some in the 1990s. While at a first glance, the concept of IWRM looks attractive, a deeper analysis ...
  • Infusing English Language Learner Issues Throughout Professional Educator Curricula: The Training All Teachers Project 
    Meskill, Carla (Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005-04)
    The federally funded Training All Teachers (TAT) project is an innovative prog-ram of curricular enhancement for preservice and inservice educators across disciplines. The project focuses on English language learners (ELLs) ...
  • Growth and predictors of change in English language learners’ reading comprehension 
    Farnia, Fataneh; Geva, Esther (Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
    This study modelled reading comprehension trajectories in Grades 4 to 6 English language learners (ELLs = 400), with different home language backgrounds, and in English monolinguals (EL1s = 153), and examined an augmented ...
  • Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development: Towards a New Research and Policy Agenda 
    Seyfang, Gill; Smith, Adrian (Taylor & Francis, 2007-08)
    Innovation and community action are two important strands for sustainable development. Yet they have not hitherto been linked. Community action is a neglected, but potentially important, site of innovative activity. Bridging ...
  • Graduates' reports of advocating for English Language Learners 
    de Oliveira, Luciana C.; Athanases, Steven Z. (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2007)
    Beginning teachers, who graduated from a credential program focused on preparing advocates for equity and with attention to teaching English language learners (ELLs), had reported in surveys being well prepared to teach ...
  • Enhancing Academic Instruction for Adolescent English Language Learners With or at Risk for Learning Disabilities 
    Haager, Diane; Osipova, Anna V. (Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW)., 2017)
    An increasing number of children worldwide attend schools where the language of instruction does not match their native language, presenting significant challenges with learning the content and vocabulary of academic content ...
  • English Language Learners Who Struggle With Reading: Language Acquisition or LD? 
    Klingner, Janette K.; Artiles, Alfredo J.; Barletta, Laura Méndez (U.S. Department of Education, 2004-11)
    We review empirical research on English language learners (ELLs) who struggle with reading and who may have learning disabilities (LD). We sought to determine research indicators that can help us better differentiate between ...
  • Effectiveness of an English Intervention for First-Grade English Language Learners at Risk for Reading Problems 
    Vaughn, Sharon; Mathes, Patricia; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia ...et.al. (The University of Chicago., 2006)
    A first-grade reading and language development intervention for English language learners (Spanish/English) at risk for reading difficulties was examined. The intervention was conducted in the same language as students’ core ...
  • Early reading intervention 
    Gyovai, Lisa Klett; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Kourea, Lefki...et.al (Sage Publications, 2009)
    This study examined the effects of a supplemental early reading intervention on the beginning literacy skills of 12 kindergarten/first-grade urban English language learners (ELLs). The Early Reading Intervention (ERI; ...
  • Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Developing Countries: Results from 14 Household Surveys 
    Filmer, Deon (Oxford University Press, 2008)
    Analysis of 14 household surveys from 13 developing countries suggests that 1–2 percent of the population have disabilities. Adults with disabilities typically live in poorer than average households: disability is associated ...
  • Detecting Supply Chain Innovation Potential for Sustainable Development 
    Isaksson, Raine; Johansson, Peter; Fischer, Klaus (Springer, 2010)
    In a world of limited resources, it could be argued that companies that aspire to be good corporate citizens need to focus on making best use of resources. User value and environmental harm are created in supply chains and ...
  • Climate Change Matters 
    SPREP, Climate Change Division (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. Apia, Samoa., 2013-08)
    SPREP‟s Climate Change Division (CCD) is made up of three programmes: 1. Adaptation; 2. Mitigation; and 3. Policy and Science. The work of the CCD is directed by the SPREP Strategic Plan 2011-2015 based on the climate ...
  • Creating a Middle School Mathematics Curriculum for English-Language Learners 
    Freeman, Barbara; Crawford, Lindy (Sage Publications, 2008-01)
    Hispanic English-language learners and other students learning English are failing in K–12 mathematics. The field has not responded with mathematics curricula designed for this population, especially at the middle grades. ...
  • Contexts for Learning: English Language Learners in a US Middle School 
    Haneda, Mari (The International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008)
    Within the sociocultural theoretical framework that this paper adopts, learning, including second-language learning, is conceptualised as increasing participation in a community of practice. Thus it becomes of central ...
  • Climate Change Matters. 
    SPREP, Climate Change Division (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. Apia, Samoa., 2013-03)
    Climate Change Matters (CCM) is a newsletter that has a wide distribution and highlights SPREP climate change activities around the region. This month is of particular interest as CCM is showcasing the importance of ...
  • Climate change and global water resources 
    Arnell, Nigel W. (Elsevier Science, 1999-06)
    By 2025, it is estimated that around 5 billion people, out of a total population of around 8 billion, will be living in countries experiencing water stress (using more than 20% of their available resources). Climate change ...
  • Addressing the literacy needs of adolescent English language learners 
    Godina, Heriberto; Garcia, Georgia Earnest (2003-01)
  • Climate Change Matters 
    Climate Change Division; SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. Apia, Samoa., 2012-08)
    Although hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods, droughts and tropical cyclones afflict many regions of the world, their impact in terms of lives lost and livelihoods disrupted tends to be felt heavily in small, fragile ...

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