Essay

A landmark study by Hart & Risley (1995) reported a 30-million-word gap in language for children from higher- and lower-SES backgrounds over the first three years of life. Fernald & Weisler (2015) revisited this topic in their article, Twenty Years after Meaningful Differences, It’s Time to Reframe the Deficit Debate about the Importance of Children’s Early Language Experience, located on the CRTP Resources page. Read the Fernald & Weisler article, review Table 2-3 (p. 40), and consider the culturally responsive resources you’ve reviewed. In one to two pages, support or refute each instructional implication in Table 2-3 (p. 40) in light of what you’ve learned. Justify your evaluations. For example, how important is addressing vocabulary problems early and comprehensively? Why? Option: Rank the instructional implications from greatest importance to least importance. Justify your rankings and include supporting evidence from the text and module resources. Coyne, M., Kame’enui, E., & Carnine D. (2011). Effective teaching strategies that accommodate diverse learners. (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN-13: 9780137084708