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Using Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines to Predict Lexical Characteristics' Influence on Word Learning in First through Third Graders
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Lindsey Peters-Sanders; Houston Sanders; Howard Goldstein; Kandethody Ramachandran – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: Identifying appropriate targets for vocabulary instruction and determining the optimal sequence for instruction continue to be a challenge. The purpose of this study is to investigate how previously studied lexical characteristics collectively influence children's word learning. Method: A secondary data analysis was conducted using the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Vocabulary Development
Using Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines to Predict Lexical Characteristics' Influence on Word Learning in First through Third Graders
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Lindsey Peters-Sanders; Houston Sanders; Howard Goldstein; Kandethody Ramachandran – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Identifying appropriate targets for vocabulary instruction and determining the optimal sequence for instruction continue to be a challenge. The purpose of this study is to investigate how previously studied lexical characteristics collectively influence children's word learning. Method: A secondary data analysis was conducted using the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Grade 1, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Examining the Impact of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA) Web-Based Literacy Program on Primary School Students in Hong Kong
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Mak, Barley S. Y.; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Guo, Xin; Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, Anne – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The current paper examined the effects of A Balanced Reading Approach for Children Always Designed to Achieve Best Results for All (ABRA), a web-based literacy programme developed by the the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University, on primary school children in Hong Kong. The participants were 249 Primary 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness