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de Zeeuw, Marlies; Schreuder, Rob; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2013
We investigated written word identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by first (L1) and second language (L2) learners of Dutch in third and sixth grade. Using a lexical decision task, we measured speed and accuracy in the identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by children from Turkish-speaking homes (L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Verbs, Morphemes
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Meijnen, G. Wim; Lagerweij, Nijs W.; de Jong, Peter F. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2003
Analyzes the development in word decoding, reading comprehension, and math of Dutch 3rd graders. Multilevel analysis shows small difference in development for word decoding and reading comprehension. For math, however, there is a substantial proportion of variance at the class level. Instruction characteristics and years of experience by teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Comprehension
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Wauters, Loes N.; van Bon, Wim H. J.; Tellings, Agnes E. J. M.; van Leeuwe, Jan F. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
The present study examined whether specific item characteristics, such as mode of acquisition (MoA) of word meanings, make reading comprehension tests particularly difficult for deaf children. Reading comprehension data on nearly 13,000 hearing 7-to-12-year-olds and 253 deaf 7-to-20-year-olds were analyzed, divided across test levels from second…
Descriptors: Semantics, Deafness, Age Differences, Reading Comprehension