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Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Zhang, Jie; Wong, Sissy S.; Samuelson, Courtney; Wui, Ma. Glenda Lopez – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Given the growing evidence of academic language demands embodied in science practices, this study aimed to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a literacy-science integrated program that emphasized the incorporation of academic vocabulary instruction and collaborative discussion of a socio-scientific issue in sixth-grade science classrooms in…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Science and Society, Grade 6
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Elmore, Jeff; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to examine possible shifts in the presence of academic vocabulary across the past six decades for a continually best-selling first-grade core reading program. The authors examined seven program years dating from 1962 to 2013 and computationally determined four categories of academic vocabulary (science,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Reading Programs, Vocabulary
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Elmore, Jeff; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Stenner, A. Jackson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Academic vocabulary networks were examined in 3 elementary grades textbook programs (first through fifth grade) in 3 domains--science, mathematics, and social studies. Within each program, a given network consisted of a focal domain-specific academic word and the collection of words from all grades that overlapped in meaning with the focal word.…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Textbooks, Elementary School Students
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Elmore, Jeff – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to assess the volume of academic vocabulary in elementary grades disciplinary textbooks. Academic vocabulary was examined in a corpus of best-selling elementary grades textbooks in three disciplinary areas--science, mathematics, and social studies. Academic words in texts were determined through automated procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Textbooks