ProVoc: An app to train vocabulary depth in order to foster children's reading comprehension.
Many studies have demonstrated the crucial role of vocabulary in predicting reading performance in general. More recent work has indicated that one particular facet of vocabulary (its depth) is more closely related to language comprehension, especially inferential comprehension. On this basis, we de...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 1324 - 1336 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2021
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