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Elleman, Amy M.; Oslund, Eric L.; Griffin, Natalie M.; Myers, Katie E. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to explain key concepts about vocabulary acquisition and instruction and to translate research from middle school vocabulary interventions into practice recommendations for practitioners. In this tutorial, we consider the relationship between vocabulary and reading comprehension, describe vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension
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Apthorp, Helen; Clark, Tedra – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2007
The evidence indicates that peer-assisted learning can have a substantively important positive effect on struggling high school students' reading comprehension. Reservations remain about attributing improved comprehension to peer-assisted learning because the students were not randomly assigned to the intervention in the one study that met…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Disabilities, Intentional Learning, Secondary School Teachers