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ERIC Number: EJ640530
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Estimating Root Word Vocabulary Growth in Normative and Advantaged Populations: Evidence for a Common Sequence of Vocabulary Acquisition.
Biemiller, Andrew; Slonim, Naomi
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n3 p498-520 Sep 2001
Root word vocabulary was studied in two normative samples (English-speaking, wide socioeconomic range) and in an advantaged sample. Findings suggest that greater efforts should be made to foster vocabulary acquisition in the primary years, and that a rough vocabulary curriculum sequence can be identified for the elementary years. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Primary Education, Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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