Incidental vs. Instructional Approaches to Increasing Reading Vocabulary.

Nagy, William E.; Herman, Patricia A.

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ERIC Number: EJ324393

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Publication Date: 1985

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Incidental vs. Instructional Approaches to Increasing Reading Vocabulary.

Nagy, William E.; Herman, Patricia A.

Educational Perspectives, v23 n1 p16-21 Spr 1985

Advocates the use of incidental vocabulary learning to assist students in vocabulary expansion and reading comprehension. Addresses the issues of the number of words students would have to know to make substantial gains and what type of word knowledge is necessary to facilitate reading comprehension. (ML)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Word Frequency, Word Recognition, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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