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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"vocabulary strategies"”.
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A comparison of the effectiveness of vocabulary strategies in the acquisistion of vocabulary by low-ability secondary students : context versus direct
… the effectiveness of the context and the direct vocabulary strategies in the acquisition of vocabulary by secondary students. Forty-eight low-ability tenth grade and eleventh grade students were divided into either the direct or context treatment group. One hundred sixty words were presented over …
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The effect of learning centers and interactive bulletin boards on student vocabulary word knowledge
… project was to determine the effect of different vocabulary strategies on student comprehension. A main focus of the research is to determine the impact of learning centers and interactive bulletin boards in helping students develop word knowledge in the subject area of social studies. This study …
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A Study of Vocabulary Instruction with Fourth Grade Students Participating in an Individualized Reading Program
… was to determine the effects of one approach to vocabulary instruction on the reading and writing vocabulary of fourth grade students in an individualized reading program. The vocabulary instructional approach used student-selected vocabulary words as well as instruction in vocabulary strategies …
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The Effects of a Reading Intervention Class on Regular Education High School Students Who Struggle with Learning
… on scanning (F (1, 29) = 11.21, p = .00) and vocabulary (F (1, 29) = 5.96, p = .02) than those in the control group.Qualitative results indicated that students enrolled in the reading class who learned comprehension, scanning, and vocabulary strategies did not uniformly apply them during …
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Student and instructor perceptions of the L2 writing-for-reading process
… information from students about specific strategies they utilized while writing as well as their perceived learning outcomes. Instructors’ perceptions of the writing-for-reading process were also examined so as to provide a comparative view to the students’ reports. The two-phase …
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The effectiveness of two spelling approaches on vocabulary development for Hispanic learners
… evaluate two approaches to teaching spelling and vocabulary to second through fourth graders in two different urban school systems to determine if one program revealed greater growth scores on Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) reading components. Research question 1 posited: Does …
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Addressing idiom avoidance in culturally and linguistically diverse students through biography-driven instruction
… the effect of Biography-driven Instruction strategies on the linguistic phenomenon of idiom avoidance and a discretionary strategy of idiom use employed by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students. The review of the literature on linguistic avoidance behavior revealed that this …
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Effective Practices for Developing Academic Language and Writing Skills in English Language Learners in the Elementary School Setting
… (ELLs), educators are in need of programs and strategies that help their students learn academic content while learning to understand, speak, read, and write English (Duessen, Autio, Roccegrandi & Hanita, 2014). ELLs face several obstacles while learning in an elementary school classroom.</p> …