A critical review was conducted to determine the influence background knowledge has on
the reading comprehension of primary school-aged children. We identified twenty-three …

Purpose The purpose of this tutorial is to explain key concepts about vocabulary acquisition
and instruction and to translate research from middle school vocabulary interventions into …

Written by a leading expert in both language testing and the nature of reading in a second or
foreign language, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of the assessment of …

In fall 1999, the Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement
(OERI) asked RAND to examine how OERI might improve thequality and relevance of the …

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition
appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic …

This paper reports a meta-analysis of studies concerned with the effects of vocabulary
instruction on the learning of word meanings and on comprehension. This analysis was …

The principles of readability are in every style manual. Readability formulas are in every
writing aid. What is missing is the research and theory on which they stand. This short review …

ABSTRACTS Gaps in reading performance between Anglo and Latino children are
associated with gaps in vocabulary knowledge. An intervention was designed to enhance …

Terms used to designate knowledge constructs have proliferated in the literature and often
seem to duplicate, subsume, or contradict one another. In this article, we present a …

A comprehensive manual for pre-and in-service ESL, EFL, and EIL educators who work with
multilingual students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this text balances insights …