Testing It Right: Assessing Vocabulary Breadth and Depth and Their Roles in Adult's Reading Comprehension

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dc.contributorGrillo, Amy
dc.contributorSidman, Jessica
dc.contributor.advisorBinder, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorTran, An
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-14T15:16:23Z
dc.date.available2017-05-14T15:16:23Z
dc.date.gradyear2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-05-14
dc.description.abstractThis study examined relationships among vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, and reading comprehension in adults. The focus of the study was to determine the construct of vocabulary knowledge and how these components influenced reading comprehension among Adult Basic Education (ABE) students. Participants were 71 adults who were currently enrolled in ABE programs in Massachusetts. They were asked to complete a total of 12 tasks known to measure vocabulary breadth, depth, and reading comprehension. First, we found that our assessments are reliable in testing vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension. Moreover, results showed vocabulary knowledge consists of at least two dimensions: vocabulary breadth and vocabulary depth. Second, we also found that each component made a significant independent contribution to explain reading comprehension. Finally, the research proposed some suggestions for vocabulary instruction for ABE participants.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPsychology & Educationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/4024
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectvocabularyen_US
dc.subjectbreadth and depthen_US
dc.subjectadulten_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectreading comprehensionen_US
dc.titleTesting It Right: Assessing Vocabulary Breadth and Depth and Their Roles in Adult's Reading Comprehensionen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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