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Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students With Reading Disabilities: An Updated Research Review
Learning Disability Quarterly (2017)
  • Jay Kuder, Rowan University
Abstract
This article presents an update and extension of the research on instructional methods for vocabulary learning by secondary-age students with learning disabilities. Seven studies that have been published since the last comprehensive review of the research were located. Four instructional methods were found to be the most effective: mnemonic instruction, learning strategies that utilized morphemic analysis, direct instruction, and multimedia instruction. In addition, peer-mediated instruction was found to be a successful approach for supporting vocabulary learning, although it was not possible to separate the effects of peer mediation from the instructional methods used. Implications for classroom practice and for future research are discussed. 
Keywords
  • learning disabilities,
  • secondary education,
  • vocabulary
Publication Date
August, 2017
DOI
10.1177/0731948717690113
Citation Information
Jay Kuder. "Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students With Reading Disabilities: An Updated Research Review" Learning Disability Quarterly Vol. 40 Iss. 3 (2017) p. 155 - 164
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jay-kuder/7/