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Download full textNagy, William E.; And Others – 1986
A study investigated the effect of properties of words and texts on the incidental learning of word meanings during normal reading. Subjects--352 students in third, fifth, and seventh grades--read either expository or narrative passages selected from grade-level textbooks, and after six days were tested on their knowledge of difficult words from…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Using the Dictionary. A Syllabus for a Ten-Session Library Reference Skills Program, Grades 7 and 8.
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Div. of Educational Services. – 1982
One of 13 instructional models developed for use in Detroit's public schools, this course outline describes ten library sessions for teaching seventh and eighth grade students dictionary skills. It is noted that the complete library reference skills program was designed to improve student performance in the Ninth-Grade Objective-Referenced Testing…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Assignments, Context Clues, Definitions
