Learning Word Meanings From Context During Normal Reading

Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 237 - 270
Published: Jan 1, 1987
Abstract
This study investigated incidental learning of word meanings from context during normal reading. A total of 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 the passages. Small but reliable gains in knowledge of words from the passages read were found at all grade and ability levels. Effects...
Paper Details
Title
Learning Word Meanings From Context During Normal Reading
Published Date
Jan 1, 1987
Volume
24
Issue
2
Pages
237 - 270
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