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CUSTOMIZED TECH: Educator-designed vocabulary app helps students beat the fourth-grade slump.

The article offers information on the development of a vocabulary application (app) designed by the author and other educators to enhance academic and subject-specific vocabulary instruction among high-risk students and fourth graders. Topics discussed include the struggles encountered with the comm...

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Published in:Literacy Today (2411-7862) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 26 - 28
Main Author: Bowden, Mike
Format: Article
Published: International Literacy Association Nov/Dec2017
Subjects:
Vocabulary
Vocabulary education in elementary schools
Education software
Fourth grade (Education)
Application software
Computer software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article offers information on the development of a vocabulary application (app) designed by the author and other educators to enhance academic and subject-specific vocabulary instruction among high-risk students and fourth graders. Topics discussed include the struggles encountered with the commercial apps for vocabulary, capabilities of the back-end platform as requested by teachers and students, and goals for the app design project.