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Direct linkKelly G. Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this observation study was to identify vocabulary instruction provided to students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and English Learners with LD (dual identified) across seventh and eighth-grade inclusion and self-contained English language arts, science, and social studies classes. The study focused on the amount of time observed on…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, English Learners
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Download full textNam, SungJin; Frishkoff, Gwen; Collins-Thompson, Kevyn – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
We show how the novel use of a semantic representation based on Osgood's semantic differential scales can lead to effective features in predicting short- and long-term learning in students using a vocabulary learning system. Previous studies in students' intermediate knowledge states during vocabulary acquisition did not provide much information…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Houston Independent School District, 2018
Vocabulary.com is an online adaptive game that teaches students words by systematic exposure to a variety of question types and activities and by understanding all the word meanings and nuances as they are learned. Vocabulary.com teaches 14,000 words using over 208,000 questions. It has been implemented with the Houston Independent School…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Vocabulary Development
Li, Miao; Kirby, John R. – Applied Linguistics, 2015
This study explored the relationship between two dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, that is, breadth of vocabulary (the number of words known) and depth of vocabulary (the richness of word knowledge), and their effects on different aspects of English reading in Chinese high school students learning English as a second language. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Dobbs, Christina L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
Effective academic writing is accessible to readers because writers follow shared conventions for organization and signal their stance on particular topics; however, few specifics are known about how middle graders might develop knowledge of and use these academic language forms and functions to signal their organization and stance in persuasive…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Academic Discourse, Writing Skills
