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Cooper, Jennifer LeeAnn – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Vocabulary knowledge is central to the process of reading comprehension (Cromely & Azevedo, 2007; Stahl & Nagy, 2005; Stanovich, 1986). The majority of our vocabulary knowledge is postulated to come from the process of incidental vocabulary acquisition (IVA) while reading (Nagy & Anderson, 1984). Prior studies have estimated an average…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary, Language Acquisition, Secondary School Students
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Türk, Emine; Erçetin, Gülcan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2014
This study examines the effects of interactive versus simultaneous display of visual and verbal multimedia information on incidental vocabulary learning and reading comprehension of learners of English with lower proficiency levels. In the interactive display condition, learners were allowed to select the type of multimedia information whereas the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Multimedia Instruction
Crosby, Robert Glenn, III. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although literacy skills have been associated with critical academic, social, and economic outcomes, most adolescents in the United States lack basic proficiency in reading comprehension. Experts in the field of adolescent literacy have identified affective components of reading (e.g., reading attitudes) as a critical topic in need of further…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Reading Comprehension, Correlation