ERIC Number: ED604314
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 51
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Systematic CHAAOS: Teaching Vocabulary in English/Language Arts Special Education Classes in Middle School
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Sanchez, Victoria M.; Jones, Brian T.; Suchlit, Luisana; Youkhana, Valencia; Beach, Kristen D.; Widaman, Keith
Grantee Submission
In this multi-year study, we taught English/Language Arts teachers of students with Learning Disabilities in middle school to incorporate 15 minutes of daily vocabulary activities with students in their intact special education English/Language Arts classes. During Year 1, teachers taught 48 words to their sixth grade students, who learned and retained the words significantly better than students in business-as-usual control classes. In the current study, we report the second year results, as the sixth grade students entered seventh grade. Students (n = 42) in treatment classes again learned 48 new vocabulary words significantly better than similar students in business-as-usual (BAU, n = 21) special education classes. In seventh grade, students also outperformed BAU students on maintenance of these age appropriate words (p < 0.001) and on a standardized measure of vocabulary (p = 0.04). [This paper will be published in "Journal of Learning Disabilities."]
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Middle School Students, English, Language Arts, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Grade 6, Retention (Psychology), Longitudinal Studies, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Comparative Analysis, Academic Language, English Language Learners, Reading Comprehension, Transfer of Training, Language Tests, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: California
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A160019