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Nobles, Susanne; Anderson, Daniel; Raman, Manjula; Laird, Katy; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2018
This study was premised on the importance of vocabulary in comprehending text. Critical findings from both the National Reading Plan (NRP) and the National Reading Technical Assistance Center (NRTAC) frame this study, both in the intervention that was implemented and in the manner in which outcomes were measured. Using expository passages…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
D'Alessio, Judith A. – 1996
A study examined retelling as a reading comprehension-enhancing technique. Subjects were 26 urban, lower socio-economic fourth graders from New Jersey (Essex County), including 10 girls and 16 boys. A control sample answered questions as a follow-up to reading basal stories; an experimental sample retold the stories as a follow-up. Comparable…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Grade 4