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Graham, Steve; Liu, Xinghua; Aitken, Angelique; Ng, Clarence; Bartlett, Brendan; Harris, Karen R.; Holzapfel, Jennifer – Reading Research Quarterly, 2018
Reading and writing are critical to students' success in and outside of school. Because they draw on common sources of knowledge and cognitive processes, involve meaning making, and can be used conjointly to accomplish important learning goals, it is often recommended that reading and writing should be taught together. This meta-analysis tested…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Reading Comprehension
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Elleman, Amy M.; Lindo, Endia J.; Morphy, Paul; Compton, Donald L. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
A meta-analysis of vocabulary interventions in grades pre-K to 12 was conducted with 37 studies to better understand the impact of vocabulary on comprehension. Vocabulary instruction was found to be effective at increasing students' ability to comprehend text with custom measures (d = 0.50), but was less effective for standardized measures (d =…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development