Teaching Morphemic and Contextual Analysis to Fifth-Grade Students.

Baumann, James F.; Edwards, Elizabeth Carr; Font, George; Tereshinski, Cathleen A.; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Olejnik, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ644814

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Teaching Morphemic and Contextual Analysis to Fifth-Grade Students.

Baumann, James F.; Edwards, Elizabeth Carr; Font, George; Tereshinski, Cathleen A.; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Olejnik, Stephen

Reading Research Quarterly, v37 n2 p150-76 Apr-Jun 2002

Finds an immediate and delayed effect of morphemic and contextual analysis instruction for lesson words; an immediate effect of the instruction for transfer words; no evidence the instruction enhanced students' text comprehension; and students were generally just as effective at inferring word meanings when the instruction was provided in combination as when it was provided separately. (RS)

Descriptors: Context Clues, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Morphemes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED502398