Vocabulary Instruction and Reading Comprehension. Technical Report No. 431 [electronic resource] / William E. Nagy.

This paper synthesizes research on vocabulary learning and vocabulary instruction to provide teachers with a basis for using different techniques of vocabulary instruction to improve reading comprehension. The limitations of traditional definition and context-based instruction are discussed in the p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Nagy, William E.
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.
Subjects:	Context Clues. Elementary Education. Instructional Effectiveness. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research. Reading Skills. Teaching Methods. Vocabulary Development. Vocabulary Skills.