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Sharon Vaughn; Elizabeth Swanson; Anna-Maria Fall; Greg Roberts; Philip Capin; Elizabeth A. Stevens; Alicia A. Stewart – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
This study reports the effects of a distributed professional development model emphasizing reading comprehension and vocabulary practices in social studies on the content knowledge, vocabulary, and reading comprehension outcomes of upper elementary students identified as English learners (ELs). Schools were randomly assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
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Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Ware, Sharon M.; Loftus-Rattan, Susan M.; Baker, Doris Luft; Santoro, Lana Edwards; Oldham, Ashley C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
We evaluated the impact of a supplemental, small-group kindergarten vocabulary intervention designed to reinforce content taught in core classroom instruction implemented within a multitiered system of support (MTSS) framework. Kindergarten teachers implemented a published vocabulary program with all their students during whole-class instruction…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability
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Shore, Wendelyn J.; Durso, Francis T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The relationship between partial word knowledge and instruction was investigated for 132 college students. When correct usage could be chosen on the basis of general semantic constraints, subjects did well and instruction had no effect. However, studying dictionary definitions did increase the amount of specific information available in memory.…
Descriptors: College Students, Definitions, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness