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Pressley, Michael; And Others – 1980
Four experiments were conducted to determine how the keyword method of vocabulary instruction affects both subjects' comprehension of words encountered in sentences (experiments 1 and 2), and their ability to use words in appropriate sentences (experiments 3 and 4). In the first two experiments, college students were presented sentences containing…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Language Usage, Mnemonics
Shepherd, Richard Charles – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of selected facets of the oral language performance of pre-first grade children to readiness for beginning reading. The oral language of two groups of kindergarten children in interaction with an adult was compared. One group was black, the other Caucasian; both were from inner-city…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations, Kindergarten Children
