Incidental Acquisition of Word Meaning from Expositions with Varied Text Features.

Herman, Patricia A.

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ERIC Number: EJ355389

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Incidental Acquisition of Word Meaning from Expositions with Varied Text Features.

Herman, Patricia A.

Reading Research Quarterly, v22 n3 p263-84 Sum 1987

Concludes that both able and less able eighth grade readers who read text versions in which key concepts and the relations between them had been explained thoroughly learned significantly more word meanings than did students who read any of the other versions. (FL)

Descriptors: Grade 8, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Skill Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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