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ERIC Number: ED604314
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 51
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
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."]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A160019