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美国国家科学教师协会将举办两次为期一天的科学和英语学习者会议，重点关注为美国K-12学生中增长最快的学生群体提供学习科学的途径和机会的迫切需要。这些会议将与计划于2006年11月在巴尔的摩举行的NSTA地区会议和2007年在圣路易斯举行的NSTA全国会议联合举行。他们将以美国国家科学基金会资助的项目为特色，从人口、经济、社会文化和专业的角度探讨科学和英语学习如何交叉和重叠。将介绍在相互支持的环境中教授科学和英语时学生学习的研究，重点介绍英语学习者科学教育的最佳实践。这项研究的一个重要和令人振奋的影响表明，科学的教学方式可以促进所有学生的接触和成就，但在语言和文化多样化的课堂上，对学生产生至关重要的影响。每次会议的听众预计将有400名K-12教师、科学主管、学校管理人员和专业发展专家。这些会议及其后续产品的传播将为地区、学校和教师提供及时和急需的指导，指导他们如何在日益多样化的教室中为所有学生做好准备，以满足“不让一个孩子掉队”的科学学习要求。

The National Science Teachers Association will host two, one-day conferences on Science and English Language Learners, focusing on the urgent need to provide access and opportunity to learn science to this group of students who constitute the fastest growing segment of K-12 students in the United States. These conferences will be presented in association with the NSTA Area Conference, scheduled for Baltimore in November, 2006, and the NSTA 2007 National Conference in St. Louis. They will feature NSF-funded projects that address demographic, economic, sociocultural and professional perspectives on how science and learning English intersect and overlap. A growing and promising body of research on student learning when science and English are taught in a mutually supportive environment will be presented, highlighting best practices for science education for English Language Learners. An important and heartening impact of that research shows that science can be taught in ways that promote access and achievement for all students, but make the critical difference for students in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. The audience at each conference is expected to be 400 K-12 teachers, science supervisors, school administrators and professional development specialists. The conferences and the subsequent dissemination of their products will provide timely and much needed guidance to districts, schools and teachers on how best to prepare all students in our increasingly diverse classrooms to meet the science learning requirements of No Child Left Behind.