<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #ff9933; font-size: large;">HELP Math Pedagogy</span></strong></span>
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	<li> <strong>HELP</strong> Math employs a research-based pedagogy for teaching ELLs mathematics and other academic content that had proved effective in a classroom setting. This instructional methodology is called Sheltered Instruction. The sheltered method—devised initially for ELLs—is proving to be increasingly popular with non-ELL teachers and has demonstrated remarkable success with non-ELL students in a classroom setting.</li>
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<a href="http://www.helpprogram.net/Sheltered%20Instruction.wmv" target="_blank">Click here to see a demonstration of the use of sheltered instruction techniques.</a>
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	<li> The purpose of this video is to offer the viewer an understanding of what it feels like for a non-native speaker to learn math content in a second language. In this six minute video, Lynda Franco, expert in English language acquisition, takes the listener through a mathematics lesson. The first two minutes of instruction are provided solely in Spanish in a manner typifying teacher-led textbook practice. In the second part of the video, Ms. Franco delivers the same math lesson; however, this time, she uses sheltered instruction techniques to illuminate the content.</li>
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<strong>HELP</strong> Math is the first instructional program to successfully incorporate sheltered instruction practices into a comprehensive academic curriculum using technology.<br/>
<strong>HELP’s</strong> sheltered instruction is designed to improve a student’s understanding of the content, while simultaneously developing their English language proficiency using specific techniques:
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	<li> Increasing comprehensibility by scaffolding the learning, e.g. breaking down concepts into small, comprehensible “learning chunks”; synchronizing visuals, audio and interactivity to create a visual connection between words, symbols, and meaning.  </li><br/>

        <li>Building background knowledge and prerequisite skills.</li><br/>

	<li> Targeting vocabulary development by emphasizing math content language as well as academic English; available to students as hyperlinked words within the instruction, and within an online dictionary of mathematical terms, including audio.</li><br/>

	<li> Providing bilingual support for custom curriculum and assessment. Teacher has the option of switching on/off.</li><br/>

	<li> Explicitly teaching problem-solving and test-taking skills, providing multiple opportunities for student responses and immediate corrective feedback when errors are made.</li>

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If you would like more information about the <a href="http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/" target="_blank">National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA); please click this link. </a>