Vocabulary Instruction: Effects on Word Knowledge and Reading Comprehension.

Pany, Darlene; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ284001

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

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Vocabulary Instruction: Effects on Word Knowledge and Reading Comprehension.

Pany, Darlene; And Others

Learning Disability Quarterly, v5 n3 p202-15 Sum 1982

The effects of vocabulary instruction on word knowledge and reading comprehension were investigated. Average students learned some word synonyms under all conditions except a noninstructional control condition. However, learning disabled students acquired fewer meanings across all conditions and seemed to require more direct instruction in order to produce learning. (Author/SEW)

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Vocabulary Development

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