Download or read book A Comparison of the Perceptions of Classroom Environment, Attitudes and Achievement of LEP (limited English Proficient) and Non-LEP Students in Integrated Science Classrooms written by Maria Soto-Rodriguez and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results were not significant for Student Cohesiveness, Enjoyment of Science Lessons, and Science Achievement. Qualitative data were also gathered to provide evidence and support for the quantitative results. Classroom observations, student reflective journals, and student interviews provided additional data that supported the quantitative findings. The fourth stage of this study involved the associations between integrated science learning environments and students' attitudes toward science through simple correlation and multiple regression analyses. The sample for this portion of the study was 1,105 (800 non-LEP and 305 LEP) students in 54 classes in two neighboring public elementary schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Statistically significant associations were found between Grade 2-5 students' perceptions of the integrated science learning environment and attitudes toward science. Qualitative results substantiate the quantitative findings of associations with attitudes for involvement, equity, and investigation for both LEP and non-LEP students. This learning environment study is significant because it involved both LEP and non-LEP Grade 2-5 students' perceptions of their integrated science classroom environments, attitudes toward science and achievement. Another contribution of my study is that it established the validity and reliability of widely-applicable Spanish versions of the WIHIC and the TOSRA when used in the United States with elementary school students.