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Garden, Pearl Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It was still true that some children came to school with a smaller vocabulary than their peers (David, 2010, Duff & Brydon, 2020; Templin, 1957; White, Graves, & Slater, 1990). If students did not have enough word knowledge to access the correct meanings of the words they read in text, they failed to comprehend those texts and struggled to…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Teachers
LyKaisha Barr – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the United States continues to grow with English language learners entering schools, teachers must focus on helping them improve their reading comprehension. The problem addressed in this study was the lack of vocabulary instruction implemented by teachers impedes the development of English language learners' reading comprehension. The purpose…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Teaching Methods
Adria Waters – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The link between vocabulary knowledge acquisition and its effect on reading comprehension has been well established over years of research; however, students from low income backgrounds may have less access to the opportunities that allow for the building of this vocabulary knowledge prior to and including entry into formal schooling. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Low Income Students, Elementary School Teachers
Warat Khaewratana – ProQuest LLC, 2022
One challenge in STEM education is the learning of technical terms. In order to reason about higher-order scientific concepts, knowledge of technical vocabulary is often a prerequisite. Improving this knowledge may enhance the learning of higher-order concepts because it reduces cognitive load students experience while learning. To that end, we…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Learning Activities, Vocabulary Development, STEM Education
Shauna P. A. de Long – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research indicates that readers break down complex words into their smallest, meaning-based units (morphemes) when spelling (e.g., Senechal, 2000). However, it remains unclear how morphemes are formed and whether newly formed morphological knowledge (i.e., knowledge of morphemes) is strong enough to support word learning. The current research…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Spelling
Stephanie J. Beard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the use of specific vocabulary instructional strategies during a six-week summer program to determine if the iReady universal screener measured an impact on student vocabulary and reading comprehension. The study utilized a treatment group (n = 34) and a control group (n = 40) from…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students
Elizabeth Erickson-DenHartigh – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the actual versus perceived knowledge of oral language development strategies among early years teachers in international schools. Employing Prestwich's (2012) "Teacher's Knowledge of Oral Language Development" (TKOLD) survey, it assesses teachers' knowledge in critical areas such as promoting extended…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Johnston, Tara Burke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Early and explicit vocabulary instruction is one important way teachers can support early readers for later reading comprehension success (Duncan et al., 2007; Marulis & Neuman, 2010; Neuman & Dwyer, 2011; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 2000); however, some observations indicate that early childhood and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Vocabulary Development, Emergent Literacy
A. Anthony Duva Mastracchio – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The 21st century has produced a new type of learner (Li, et al., 2011). This learner is more diverse and more multicultural and more technologically advanced than learners of previous generations. Also, the demographic of students entering higher education is changing (Filmore, 2000; Li, et al, 2011). It is becoming more and more multicultural and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Whitney Sommers Butler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Although decades of research attest to the importance of vocabulary teaching and learning, and recent research points to principles of effective vocabulary instruction, the small number of studies on actual classroom practice suggest that teachers continue to use the least effective approaches, often focusing on memorization of definitions.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Experience, Language Acquisition
Corinthia A. Myrick – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Academic achievement in elementary science achievement scores throughout Title One schools in metro-Atlanta could be identified through analphabetism and improper vocabulary instruction to accommodate students' learning styles. Teaching words explicitly entails extensive time and patience when exposing new science vocabulary. However, teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Correlation, Science Education, Vocabulary Development
Bandar Ibrahim Alqazlan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Arabic orthography is mainly presented either in shallow orthography (with all diacritics) for novice students or in deep orthography (without diacritics) for superior readers. However, the shallow orthography is heavily loaded with diacritics which may burden the reading process, whereas deep orthography can cause ambiguity (heterophonic…
Descriptors: Arabic, Distinctive Features (Language), Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Wenhui Zhang – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Through two presented experiments, I investigated the relationship between the development of non-arbitrary relational control on (a) degree of incidental acquisition of both the listener and speaker components of naming (Inc-BiN), (b) arbitrary derived relations, and (c) joint attention for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development
Kelsey Maria Dillehay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the current study was to examine the dosage and fidelity of EMT en Español strategies that are posited to drive change in child outcomes. The study is a re-analysis of data collected during the National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 grant "Teaching Spanish-speaking Caregivers to Implement EMT en Español: A Small Randomized…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Randomized Controlled Trials, Child Caregivers
Sherry Light – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation investigates the potential of sustained use of academic vocabulary in reciprocal dialogue to improve educational equity for fifth-grade students with specific reading disabilities. Students with reading disabilities often struggle with acquiring academic vocabulary, which can hinder their overall academic performance and limit…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Students with Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Reciprocal Teaching