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Vocabulary Development

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Dear Colleagues,

Bill Rupley and I are guest-editing a special issue of Education Sciences that will focus on children’s vocabulary development and instruction as it relates to reading. We are looking for both empirical research and conceptual pieces that may advance our thinking in how vocabulary develops in children and how we might best nurture students’ vocabulary development through instruction.

Given your interest and expertise in this area we are delighted to invite you to submit an article for this issue. We define the theme for this issue, vocabulary, is rather broad terms. It can encompass vocabulary development at various ages and stages of development, as well as vocabulary related to specific academic areas (e.g., math vocabulary).

Articles can be any length including references (double-spaced) with a due date of August 1, 2018 for publication in fall, 2018 or spring 2019. You may include co-authors if you wish. If you think you are interested and able to contribute to this issue of Education Sciences, please respond back to us within two weeks and also include a brief description and title of your article. 

Thank you for your consideration of this invitation.  Best wishes and looking forward to hearing from you shortly.

Prof. Dr. Timothy Rasinski
Prof. Dr. William Rupley
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • vocabulary development
  • vocabulary instruction
  • word study
  • comprehension
  • Goodwin, A.P., & Ahn, S. (2013). A meta-analysis of morphological interventions in English: Effects on literacy outcomes for school-age children. Scientific Studies of Reading, 17, 257-285.
  • Nagy, W., Carlisle, J., & Goodwin, A. (2013). Morphological knowledge and literacy acquisition. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 47, 3-12.
  • Rasinski, T. V., Padak, N., Newton, J. & Newton, E. (2011), The Latin–Greek Connection: Building vocabulary through morphological study. The Reading Teacher, 6, 133–141.
  • Schmitt, Norbert (2014) Size and depth of vocabulary knowledge: What the research shows. Language Learning, 64 (4). pp. 913-951. ISSN 1467-9922 

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