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Direct linkEbbers, Susan M.; Denton, Carolyn A. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
There is reliable evidence that new vocabulary is primarily acquired through wide independent reading. However, struggling readers tend to avoid reading, resulting in limited word encounters and inadequate vocabulary growth, and they often have difficulties inferring the meanings of new words from context. While there are no clear solutions to the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Independent Reading, Vocabulary
Download full textVellom, R. Paul; Anderson, Charles W.; Palincsar, Annemarie S. – 1995
This study examines thought, language, and related action in sixth-graders working to understand concepts related to mass, volume, and density. Students from a heterogeneous urban classroom worked in various social contexts including individually, in pairs, in groups of four, and as a class. Their work was examined via videotapes, field notes,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
