Academic achievement in elementary science achievement scores throughout Title One schools in metro-Atlanta could be identified through analphabetism and improper vocabulary instruction to accommodate students' learning styles. Teaching words explicitly entails extensive time and patience when exposing new science vocabulary. However, teaching explicitly contradicts new science pedagogy surrounding how students should acquire new concepts. To properly understand the influence of explicit based strategies within an implicit based model, a quantitative correlational study was used in five metro-Atlanta schools. This study highlights the use of the Woodstock Mastery survey and orthographic facilitation as a tool to combat explicit instruction in fifth grade science classrooms. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]