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ERIC Number: EJ442320
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Growth of Reading Vocabulary in Diverse Elementary Schools: Decoding and Word Meaning.
White, Thomas G.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n2 p281-90 Jun 1990
Growth of reading vocabulary from first through fourth grade was determined for 288 elementary school students (initial sample 756) from urban and rural disadvantaged schools and a suburban mainstream school. Results show great vocabulary increases and suggest some reasons and remedies for the gap between mainstream and disadvantaged schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Asian Americans, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Decoding (Reading), Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Minority Groups, Pacific Americans, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills, Vocabulary Development, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: School Effects
Note: A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987).