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Vocabulary Growth in Preschool Children Whose Teachers Use Instructional Conversation Strategies Based on Storybooks

Mickey, Deborah S.

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2007, Master of Arts, Wittenberg University, Education.
Four preschool classrooms located in African American neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Ohio were the setting for a study of strategies to enhance vocabulary learning. Targetvocabulary was chosen from theme-related storybooks. Strategies to promote instructional conversations included linking vocabulary to specific materials in various learning centers and using vocabulary during classroom routines like family-style meals. Both children and adults in the classrooms where the conversational strategies were implemented showed gains in target vocabulary knowledge and use up to 2 months after the instruction. The literature review and teacher responses to the in-classroom aspect of the study lead to the conclusion that work should continue to develop strategies to increase vocabulary learning that may be easily implemented in all early childhood settings.
Stephen Broidy, PhD (Committee Chair)
Lowell Monke, PhD (Committee Member)
Sara Brannan, PhD (Committee Member)
117 p.

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  • Mickey, D. S. (2007). Vocabulary Growth in Preschool Children Whose Teachers Use Instructional Conversation Strategies Based on Storybooks [Master's thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1203601206

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mickey, Deborah. Vocabulary Growth in Preschool Children Whose Teachers Use Instructional Conversation Strategies Based on Storybooks. 2007. Wittenberg University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1203601206.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mickey, Deborah. "Vocabulary Growth in Preschool Children Whose Teachers Use Instructional Conversation Strategies Based on Storybooks." Master's thesis, Wittenberg University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1203601206

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)