Content Teachers' Predictions of Students' Knowledge of Specific Words.

Graves, Michael F.; Gebhard, David V.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Content Teachers' Predictions of Students' Knowledge of Specific Words.

Graves, Michael F.; Gebhard, David V.

Reading Psychology, v3 n3 p211-20 Jul-Sep 1982

Investigates the accuracy of content area teachers and the "Living Word Vocabulary" (LWV) in predicting students' knowledge of specific words. Concludes that while teachers varied greatly in their ability to predict students' word knowledge, the LWV provided quite accurate predictions of student performance. (FL)

Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Vocabulary

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