Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership

Department

Education

First Advisor

Piller, Bonnie

Second Advisor

Riggs, Matt

Third Advisor

Mahoney, Marita, and Skillings, Mary Jo

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine impacts of explicit content-area vocabulary instruction on reading comprehension. Effective instructional strategies include multiple texts at students' instructional levels, highly qualified teachers, daily explicit vocabulary instruction combined with student's application of instruction and evolution of instruction as student's reading achievement increases.

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