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Justice, Laura M.; McGinty, Anita S.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Kaderavek, Joan N.; Fan, Xitao – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of teachers' use of a print-referencing style during whole-class read-alouds with respect to accelerating 4- and 5-year-old children's print-knowledge development. It also examined 8 specific child- and setting-level moderators to determine whether these influenced the relation…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Reading Aloud to Others, Instructional Effectiveness
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Justice, Laura M.; Meier, Joanne; Walpole, Sharon – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: The extant literature suggests that exposure to novel vocabulary words through repeated readings of storybooks influences children's word learning, and that adult elaboration of words in context can accelerate vocabulary growth. This study examined the influence of small-group storybook reading sessions on the acquisition of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Vocabulary Development, High Risk Students