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HyeJin Hwang; Sonia Q. Cabell; Rachel E. Joyner – Grantee Submission, 2023
This systematic review examined whether building content knowledge in science and/or social studies topics during English Language Arts (ELA) instruction enhances vocabulary and comprehension. It also described how ELA instruction has been leveraged to build content knowledge in the elementary years. A systematic search of the extant literature…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Elementary Education, Social Studies, Vocabulary
HyeJin Hwang; Kristen L. McMaster; Panayiota Kendeou – Grantee Submission, 2022
The present study tested the postulation that "knowledge begets reading, which begets knowledge." Using Random Intercepts Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM), we analyzed a U.S. nationally representative data set to examine the directionality and magnitude of the longitudinal relation between domain knowledge (operationalized as science…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Processes, Reading, Short Term Memory
Sonia Q. Cabell; HyeJin Hwang – Grantee Submission, 2020
Well-established theoretical models and a body of empirical research elucidate the critical role of content knowledge in comprehending texts. However, the potential of supporting knowledge in service of enhancing linguistic and reading comprehension has been a relatively neglected topic in the science of reading. In this article, we explicate why…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Content Area Reading, English Instruction