Vocabulary Tricks: Effects of Instruction in Morphology and Context on Fifth-Grade Students' Ability to Derive and Infer Word Meanings

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 447-494

  Baumann, James F ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth Carr ^a   Boland, Eileen M ^a   Olejnik, Stephen ^a   Kame'enui, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Elementary education; Instructional research; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242596392     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312040002447     Document Type: Article

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