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Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L.; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Examines the original validity of the 220-word Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary, compiled in 1936, and considers whether it accounts for a large percentage of words in current reading usage. (BF)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Sight Vocabulary
Peer reviewedGunderson, Lee – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Discusses large corpus and pedagogical word lists. Develops two word lists based on 80 compositions of second-, fifth-, eighth-, and eleventh-grade students from a metropolitan school district in western United States. Compares both favorably to the Dolch list. Notes remaining need to investigate vocabulary of individual beginning reading texts.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
