Descriptor
| Beginning Reading | 2 |
| Grade 1 | 2 |
| Imagery | 2 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
| Reading Instruction | 2 |
| Reading Research | 2 |
| Sight Vocabulary | 2 |
| Child Language | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Grade 2 | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Reading World | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedKolker, Brenda; Terwillger, Paul N. – Reading World, 1981
Reports that primary school children learned high imagery nouns in fewer trials than low imagery nouns and that second-grade children learned the nouns in fewer trials than did first-grade children. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Grade 1, Grade 2
MacGeorge, Nancy – 1984
A study was conducted to determine the effects of word imagery on the retention of sight vocabulary. It was hypothesized that in an urban, low income area first grade class there would be no significant difference between the acquisition and retention rates of high imagery words and those of low imagery words. Using one group of high imagery words…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Grade 1, Imagery
