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Download full textTodd, Rebecca B.; Tracey, Diane H. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate how reciprocal teaching affected vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension in four at-risk students in a fourth grade inclusion classroom. A single subject research study method was used to measure the baseline of each student. Subsequently, students were assessed daily after receiving two…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, High Risk Students, Grade 4, Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewedPany, Darlene; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 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…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
