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Direct linkCrosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Goodwin, Amanda P.; Cho, Sun-Joo – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
This study explores reader, word, and learning activity characteristics related to vocabulary learning for 202 fifth and sixth graders (N = 118 and 84, respectively) learning 16 words. Three measures of word knowledge were used: multiple-choice definition knowledge, self-report of meaning knowledge, and production of morphologically related words.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Learning Activities, Grade 5
Download full textSylvén, Liss Kerstin; Sundqvist, Pia – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2016
This study aims to present the validation of a test designed to assess young learners' general L2 English vocabulary knowledge, the Young Learner Vocabulary Assessment Test (YLVAT). YLVAT consists of 37 items selected from the K1-2 frequency levels of the Productive and Vocabulary Levels Tests. In the study, Swedish learners (N = 52, age 12) took…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests
