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Peer reviewedFloriani, Bernard P.; Cairns, Jack C. – Science and Children, 1982
Since there appears to be a direct relationship between reading comprehension and vocabulary, an inventory is offered which assesses students' knowledge of the meaning of "combining forms" (automobile, aero-dynamics, etc.) and not words themselves. The inventory can serve as a model to develop additional inventories for Latin/Greek roots.…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Readability
