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Gruss, Linda C. – 1992
A study examined how many of 11 key words in 4 famous Mother Goose nursery rhymes were understood by parents of first graders. The first questionnaire (designed to determine if context clues were helpful in deciphering what words meant) was returned by 37 parents in an urban school district and by 49 parents in a suburban school district. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Comprehension, Context Clues, Grade 1
Zachok, Ann E. – 1992
A study examined whether first-grade children comprehended less-familiar vocabulary from four "Mother Goose" nursery rhymes and whether the children used auditory context clues and/or visual illustrations to comprehend unknown vocabulary in the nursery rhymes. Subjects, 40 children from suburban areas and 40 children from urban areas,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Clues, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Download full textPressley, Michael; And Others – 1997
Grade-5 teachers, who were nominated by their supervisors as effective in educating their students to be readers and writers, responded to questionnaires about their practice. The 33 teachers claimed commitments to: (1) extensive reading at the heart of their reading instruction; (2) diverse instructional activities (e.g., whole-group instruction,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades, Prior Learning
