Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ583496
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Kindergartners' Vocabulary Acquisition as a Function of Active vs. Passive Storybook Reading, Prior Vocabulary, and Working Memory.
Ewers, Cynthia A.; Brownson, Shirley M.
Reading Psychology, v20 n1 p11-20 Jan-Mar 1999
Notes that children either actively participated by asking questions or passively participated by listening to a recast containing a familiar synonym for each target word. Finds that children with higher vocabulary knowledge acquired significantly more words than did passive participants, and children with high versus low working memory did not differ in word acquisition. (RS)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Memory, Primary Education, Prior Learning, Story Reading, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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