Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Control Groups | 3 |
| Metalinguistics | 3 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3 |
| Semantics | 3 |
| Coding | 2 |
| Correlation | 2 |
| Etymology | 2 |
| Evaluation Methods | 2 |
| Experimental Groups | 2 |
| Familiarity | 2 |
| Grade 6 | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 3 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
| Woodcock Reading Mastery Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkCrosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G. – Cognition and Instruction, 2016
This study investigated how middle school students leverage information about bound Latin roots (e.g., "voc" in "advocate" and "vociferous") to infer meanings of unfamiliar words, and how instruction may facilitate morphological analysis using roots. A dynamic assessment of morphological analysis was administered to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Metalinguistics, Latin, Inferences
Download full textCrosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This study investigated how middle school students leverage information about bound Latin roots (e.g., voc in "advocate" and "vociferous") to infer meanings of unfamiliar words, and how instruction may facilitate morphological analysis using roots. A dynamic assessment of morphological analysis was administered to 29 sixth…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Metalinguistics, Latin, Inferences
Zipke, Marcy; Ehri, Linnea C.; Cairns, Helen Smith – Reading Research Quarterly, 2009
An experiment examined whether metalinguistic awareness involving the detection of semantic ambiguity can be taught, and whether this instruction improves students' reading comprehension. Lower SES third graders from a variety of cultural backgrounds (M = 8 yr. 7 mo., N = 46) were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. Those receiving…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Metalinguistics, Semantics
