Have you read the newest edition of Terra? One of our current students, Debra Gilbuena’s research work and Kathryn Ciechanowski’s (College of Education) project in linguistically diverse science classrooms in Corvallis.
Check out Debra’s part in solar gain: http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2009/fall/solar-gain
and Kathryn Ciechanowski’s work on language development in science content courses:
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2009/fall/freakishly-excited-learn