Volume 5, Number 1, 2002
Communication, Constructivism and Transfer of Knowledge in the Education of Bilingual Learners

Rafael A. Olivares

Introduction.......1

Rafael A. Olivares

Communication, Constructivism and Transfer of Knowledge in the Education of Bilingual Learners.......4

Margaret M. Mulhern

Two Kindergartners' Constructions of Literacy Learning in Spanish: A Challenge to Superficial Balanced Literacy Instruction.......20

Yu Ren Dong

Integrating Language and Content: How Three Biology Teachers Work with Non-English Speaking Students.......40

Nancy Lemberger

Russian Bilingual Science Learning: Perspectives from Secondary Students.......58

Rafael A. Olivares and Nancy Lemberger

Identifying and Applying the Communicative and the Constructivist Approaches to Facilitate Transfer of Knowledge in the Bilingual Classroom.......72