Essay : creating a foundation through student conversation / Ann S. Rosebery and Cynthia Ballenger
A teacher's perspective : science talks / Mary Rizzuto
Essay : using students' conversational styles / Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes and Cynthia Ballenger
Essay : encouraging students' imagination / Mark S. Ogonowski
Essay : using everyday experience to teach science / Beth Warren and Ann S. Rosebery
A teacher's perspective : using students' experience to understand science / Renote Jean-François
Essay : what is academic language? / James Paul Gee
Essay : what is the vocabulary of science? / Catherine Snow
Case study : vocabulary / Beth Warren
Essay : what is culture? / Norma González
Case study : using students' cultural resources in teaching / Cathy Amanti, Norma González, and Luis Moll
A teacher's perspective : what is culture? / Ana Vaisenstein
Essay : learning a second language / Ellen Bialystok
Case study : using two languages to learn science / Cynthia Ballenger
A teacher's perspective : learning a second language / Ana Vaisenstein
Essay : programs for teaching English language learners / Fred Genesee and Donna Christian
A teacher's perspective : programs for teaching English language learners / Mary Rizzuto
Essay : creating culturally responsive learning communities / Eugene E. García and Okhee Lee
A teacher's perspective : creating culturally responsive learning communities / Ana Vaisenstein
Essay : what is equity in science education? / Walter G. Secada
A teacher's perspective : what is equity in science education? / Mary Rizzuto
Conclusion : reconceptualizing diversity in the science classroom / Beth Warren and Ann S. Rosebery.
