Using pictures to help middle school students visualize science terms could be the key to boosting vocabulary for all students, including those with learning disabilities who struggle with reading and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study investigated the influence of general vocabulary knowledge, science vocabulary knowledge, and text based questioning on the science ...

Dianna Townsend, Ed.D., professor of literacy studies, plays a crucial role as a co-principal investigator in the Institute of Education Science (IES) grant titled "Words as Tools: Vocabulary ...

Learning languages accounts for several advantages, especially if you're a travel guru, or if you travel for work purposes or simply because you want to improve your vocabulary and expand your ...

Unlike the ACT, which contains a 35-minute section devoted entirely to science, the SAT does not specifically test science content. However, two passages of SAT reading — or one passage and one ...

Parents and researchers have long speculated that play with construction toys might offer a rich environment that would support later learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...

As a first generation Mexican-American, I know how difficult it is to be in a classroom where everyone speaks a language that’s different from yours. My family moved from Mexico to the United States ...