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Fitzgerald, Jill; Elmore, Jeff; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Stenner, A. Jackson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Academic vocabulary networks were examined in 3 elementary grades textbook programs (first through fifth grade) in 3 domains--science, mathematics, and social studies. Within each program, a given network consisted of a focal domain-specific academic word and the collection of words from all grades that overlapped in meaning with the focal word.…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Textbooks, Elementary School Students
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Relyea, Jackie Eunjung; Elmore, Jeff – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to assess the volume of academic vocabulary in elementary grades disciplinary textbooks. Academic vocabulary was examined in a corpus of best-selling elementary grades textbooks in three disciplinary areas--science, mathematics, and social studies. Academic words in texts were determined through automated procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Textbooks
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Barnes, Erica M.; Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Dickinson, David K. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
Little analytical scrutiny has been devoted to teacher accommodation of academic language at the early childhood level, despite being a critical school-level factor to consider when addressing at-risk learners' academic needs. The present study investigates how fifteen Head Start teachers support three components of academic language during…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Syntax