Contextual Analysis in Naturally Occurring Prose [electronic resource] : Effects of Passage Length, Word Frequency, and Grade / Diane M. Graham and Susan M. Watts.

A study was conducted which addressed the following questions: (1) Do elementary school children infer word meanings from context?; (2) Are older students more successful in using context to infer the meanings of new words than younger students?; and (3) Is a longer context more facilitating to word...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Graham, Diane M.
Other Authors:	Watts-Taffe, Susan M.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	Analysis of Variance. Context Clues. Elementary Education. Grade 3. Grade 6. Inferences. Reading Comprehension. Reading Improvement. Reading Processes. Reading Research. Reading Skills.