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Bismonte, Asuncion R.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1994
Compares Possible Sentences with traditional vocabulary instruction to examine the effect on student ability to pronounce and define targeted basal words. Finds that subjects were able to correctly pronounce many terms when they were presented in story context prior to actual instruction, but they could not define them. Encourages supplementing…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness