I examined the effects of vocabulary instruction in theme-related words on students'
knowledge of these words, knowledge about the themes, use of these words in their writing …

The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of writing, specifically in terms of
vocabulary use, of students in the 8 th grade whose teacher used intensive vocabulary …

Julie Faulkner Polk County High School Benton, Tennessee jffaulkner21@ tntech. edu Many
people, particularly teachers and students, associate vocabulary instruction with long lists of …

Understanding academic vocabulary is essential to student success in school. Use of
academic vocabulary words in writing is considered one of the strongest measures of how …

Investigated the relationship between the mastery of 10 new vocabulary words and writing
ability in 40 4th graders and 36 6th graders. High and low ability groups from both grades …

Scholars have characterized school texts, especially those in content areas, as using a
special register called academic language. Cummins (1979, 1984), in particular …

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The purpose of this quasi-experimental, nonequivalent (pretest and posttest), controlled
group study was to evaluate the impact of targeted vocabulary instruction on writing fluency …

This study first examined research on the relationship between reading and writing,
vocabulary instruction in reading and writing, and methods of vocabulary instruction. Then it …

This article provides an overview of current knowledge about vocabulary teaching and
learning—understandings that influence learning across different disciplines. Research on …