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Peer reviewedFreebody, Peter; Anderson, Richard C. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1983
Details two experiments that assessed the effect of vocabulary difficulty on three measures of text comprehension--free recall, summary recall, and sentence recognition. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedKonopak, Bonnie C. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1988
Examines differences in secondary students' vocabulary learning from inconsiderate (text characteristics that inhibit learning) and considerate contextual information. Reports that contextual information in natural text may be inconsiderate for word learning, but students may be satisfied with partial/erroneous knowledge. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Context Effect, Reading Ability
