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Munion, Lorraine – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this experimental research study was to investigate the effects of using academic science-term vodcasts to provide vocabulary instruction, and more specifically, comprehension support in science to middle-school adolescents with and without LD. A total of 105 suburban middle school students, of which 17 presented with LD, were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities
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Gámez, Perla B.; Lesaux, Nonie K. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study examined teachers' language use across the school year in 6th grade urban middle-school classrooms (n = 24) and investigated the influence of this classroom-based linguistic input on the reading comprehension skills of the students (n = 851; 599 language minority learners and 252 English-only) in the participating classrooms. Analysis…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Grade 6, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students