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Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Moore, Debra W.; Ye, Feifei – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This study investigated the hypothesis that academic vocabulary instruction infused with morphological analysis of bound Latin roots-such as analysis of the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov (meaning "new")-will enhance word learning outcomes for English Learner (EL) adolescents. Latinate words with bound roots comprise…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Latin
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Moore, Debra W.; Ye, Feifei – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study investigated the hypothesis that academic vocabulary instruction infused with morphological analysis of bound Latin roots--such as analysis of the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov (meaning "new")--will enhance word learning outcomes for English Learner (EL) adolescents. Latinate words with bound roots…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Latin
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Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Lei, Puiwa; Zhao, Hui; Li, Xinyue; Patrick, Kelly; Brown, Kathleen; Shen, Yaqi – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: Morphological analysis skill is the ability to problem-solve meanings of unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of morphological constituents. For vocabulary words from the academic layer of English, the major, meaning-carrying morphological constituents are Latin roots (nov meaning 'new' in innovative). The degree to which…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
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Crosson, Amy C.; Moore, Debra – Reading Psychology, 2017
A majority of the challenging words that adolescent readers encounter in school texts are morphologically complex and from the Latinate layer of English. For these words, bound roots carry important meaning, such as the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov, meaning "new." This study investigated the effects of instruction…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, High School Students, Intervention
Crosson, Amy C.; Moore, Debra – Grantee Submission, 2017
A majority of the challenging words that adolescent readers encounter in school texts are morphologically complex and from the Latinate layer of English. For these words, bound roots carry important meaning, such as the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov, meaning "new." This study investigated the effects of instruction…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, High School Students, Intervention