ERIC - Search Results

Publication Date

In 2025	0
Since 2024	0
Since 2021 (last 5 years)	1

Descriptor

Academic Achievement	1
Foreign Countries	1
Instructional Effectiveness	1
Knowledge Level	1
Low Achievement	1
Reading Comprehension	1
Reading Improvement	1
Reading Instruction	1
Reading Strategies	1
Secondary School Students	1
Vocabulary	1
More ▼

Source

Reading and Writing: An…

Author

Okkinga, M.	1
Sleegers, P. J. C.	1
van Gelderen, A. J. S.	1
van Schooten, E.	1
van Steensel, R.	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	1
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Secondary Education

Audience

Location

Netherlands

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing one result Save | Export

Does Vocabulary Knowledge Matter in the Effectiveness of Instructing Reading Strategies? Differential Responses from Adolescents with Low Academic Achievement on Growth in Reading Comprehension

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Okkinga, M.; van Gelderen, A. J. S.; van Schooten, E.; van Steensel, R.; Sleegers, P. J. C. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023

Prior studies suggest that teaching reading strategies promotes reading comprehension in adolescents who have difficulties with reading comprehension, yet the results of those studies are mixed. Individual differences in students' vocabulary knowledge may explain these mixed results. This article examines to what extent vocabulary knowledge…

Descriptors: Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Instruction