David N Sessions
Biographic Data
| ID | 383791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David N Sessions |
| GIVEN NAMES | David N |
| FAMILY NAME | Sessions |
| SIGNATURE | SESSIONS D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hofstra University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Educators’ beliefs about appropriate pedagogical models for Spanish-speaking ELLs who differ in home-language and English-language literacy abilities in the United States
Survey research (n = 366) examined educators' beliefs about the efficacy of five pedagogical models (English as a second language (ESL) self-contained, ESL push-in, ESL pullout, bilingual, and dual language) for English language learners who differ in English literacy proficiency and home-language abilities (delimited to Spanish in this research). Dual language was preferred when students have high English proficiency; this effect was extremely s…
Assessment of Teachers’ Attitudes about Professional Development
This article reports three studies in which a scale for assessing teachers’ beliefs about professional-development initiatives was developed and its scores evaluated for reliability and validity. Results indicated that the Teachers’ Attitudes About Professional Development (TAP) scale produced scores with high reliability, a stable one-factor structure, and satisfactory construct and discriminant validity (relative to measures of need for social …
Simulating bias in the estimator of labor market discrimination
The abortion decision
Simulating bias in the estimator of labor market discrimination
The abortion decision
Assessment of Teachers’ Attitudes about Professional Development
This article reports three studies in which a scale for assessing teachers’ beliefs about professional-development initiatives was developed and its scores evaluated for reliability and validity. Results indicated that the Teachers’ Attitudes About Professional Development (TAP) scale produced scores with high reliability, a stable one-factor structure, and satisfactory construct and discriminant validity (relative to measures of need for social …
Educators’ beliefs about appropriate pedagogical models for Spanish-speaking ELLs who differ in home-language and English-language literacy abilities in the United States
Survey research (n = 366) examined educators' beliefs about the efficacy of five pedagogical models (English as a second language (ESL) self-contained, ESL push-in, ESL pullout, bilingual, and dual language) for English language learners who differ in English literacy proficiency and home-language abilities (delimited to Spanish in this research). Dual language was preferred when students have high English proficiency; this effect was extremely s…
Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Accounting (1 work)