The Effect of Context Clues on the Vocabulary Test Performance of Word Dominant and Paragraph Dominant Readers.

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.

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ERIC Number: EJ294815

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Effect of Context Clues on the Vocabulary Test Performance of Word Dominant and Paragraph Dominant Readers.

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.

Journal of Reading, v27 n6 p508-13 Mar 1984

Examines whether paragraph dominant readers at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade levels would outscore word dominant readers when tested on their ability to use context clues to determine word meaning. Concludes that this was true only for fifth grade paragraph dominant readers. (FL)

Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Paragraphs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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