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A Study Examining the Impact of Vocabulary Instruction on the Vocabulary Growth and Acquisition of Adults Enrolled in a Community College Developmental Reading Course
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Robson, Jodi McGeary – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of four instructional methods--context clues, definition, elaboration technique, or word parts and word families--on the vocabulary growth and acquisition of adults enrolled in a community college developmental reading course. The study investigated whether performance in any or all of the four…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Remedial Reading, Community Colleges, Vocabulary Development