This study investigated the relationships among vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, reading comprehension, and reading rate among college-aged students. While the relationships of some of these variables have been explored in previous research, the current study's focus on the role of vocabulary depth on the literacy measures within a sample of…

This study examined the dimensionality of morphological knowledge. The performance of 371 seventh- and eighth-graders on seven morphological knowledge tasks was investigated using confirmatory factor analysis. Results suggested that morphological knowledge was best fit by a bifactor model with a general factor of morphological knowledge and seven…

The ability to derive the meanings of words from supportive story contexts was studied in 45 7- to 8-year-olds. Children read short stories each containing a different novel word and defined the word at the end of each story. There were three intervention sessions. One group was asked to justify their definition and subsequently received feedback…

Investigates the effect of vocabulary glossing on recall and vocabulary learning, as well as learners' preferences as to glossing. Finds that glossing did not significantly affect recall for the college students but that those with higher than average proficiency recalled more if they had read a glossed version of the text. Notes that participants…

Details a study of the reading development of seven- and nine-year-old deaf children. Concludes that the children progressed satisfactorily in the early stages of reading but had not attained the ability to extract meaning from sentences by age nine. (FL)

Investigates whether ESL students find some types of words easier to guess than others and whether better ESL students use context more effectively than do weaker students in guessing unknown words. (FL)