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Using Teacher Read-Alouds to Enhance First Grade Student's Vocabulary Development and Comprehension

Ratliff, Lauren E

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2015, Master of Arts, Wittenberg University, Education.
This study examined how the use of read-alouds impacted first grade students vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension. Specifically, the research questions were “How do read-alouds using picture books containing additional teacher-selected vocabulary impact struggling first grade students’ understanding of the stories in the basal reader?” and “How do read-alouds using picture books containing additional teacher-selected vocabulary from the basal reader impact vocabulary development of struggling first grade students?” Twenty, first grade students from a high poverty, urban elementary school in the Midwest received the read-aloud intervention. Only Six first grade students were selected for data collection purposes. The researcher examined the Journeys (Baumann et al., 2011) basal reading stories and selected four vocabulary words from the story, along with two picture books to read aloud for each Journeys story. The researcher collected data on how many vocabulary words the students had learned and how well the students comprehended the main Journeys story. The results indicated that the use of read-alouds enhanced recognition of vocabulary words and their oral retelling of the main story. The study provided methods for how to incorporate read-alouds in a basal reading series that enhances student’s vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension.
Roberta Linder, Dr. (Advisor)
Sally Brannan, Dr. (Committee Member)
Dee Thomas (Committee Member)
89 p.

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  • Ratliff, L. E. (2015). Using Teacher Read-Alouds to Enhance First Grade Student's Vocabulary Development and Comprehension [Master's thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1438787550

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ratliff, Lauren. Using Teacher Read-Alouds to Enhance First Grade Student's Vocabulary Development and Comprehension. 2015. Wittenberg University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1438787550.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ratliff, Lauren. "Using Teacher Read-Alouds to Enhance First Grade Student's Vocabulary Development and Comprehension." Master's thesis, Wittenberg University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1438787550

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)