Effects of Inconsiderate versus Considerate Text on Elementary Students' Vocabulary Learning.

Gordon, Jane; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ448370

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Effects of Inconsiderate versus Considerate Text on Elementary Students' Vocabulary Learning.

Gordon, Jane; And Others

Reading Psychology, v13 n2 p157-69 Apr-Jun 1992

Examines whether content textbook selections could be rewritten to enhance elementary students' comprehension of unfamiliar vocabulary. Finds that elementary students' vocabulary learning was enhanced when the texts were revised to be more considerate to the reader with attention to completeness, explicitness, proximity, and clarity of context clues. (PRA)

Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Textbooks, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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