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How will using academic games for the study of vocabulary impact the reading comprehension scores of the lowest 25% of our fifth grade classes?
Implementation of Academic Games into Word Work (spelling patterns) Implementation of Academic Games into Vocabulary Comprehension
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Student A is diagnosed with Dyslexia and is labeled as ESE. Student C was absent during the Reading Benchmark Pretest.
It has been determined that Student C is not making progress in any subject. Student C has been recommended for evaluation for the ESE program by his PST members.
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0 To spell words Determine Understand Understand Understand meaning of reading science math spelling words vocabulary and vocabulary and vocabulary and concepts concepts concepts
Students were given two anonymous surveys. One was used to determine how they valued the use of academic games in the areas of spelling, word meaning, and concepts in reading, math and science. The other was used to determine their preferred learning strategy.
Our Conclusion: There is a positive correlation between using academic games and vocabulary comprehension.
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