Vocabulary: A Critical Component of Comprehension

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Early literacy interventions: The relative roles of storybook reading, alphabetic activities, and their combination (2006, background): “The gains in vocabulary, which were highest in the combined group, are probably important for success in school in general (Walker, Greenwood, Hart, & Carta, 1994) and in reading comprehension in particular (Joshi, 2005).”
The Influence of Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction Embedded Within Addition Tutoring for First-Grade Students With Mathematics Difficulty (2015, background): “Reading vocabulary acquisition is often associated with improved reading comprehension (Joshi, 2005).”
Literacy and Text Reading in Middle and High School Social Studies and English Language Arts Classrooms (2016, background): “Vocabulary acquisition not only is a predictor of reading comprehension (Cunningham & Stanovich, 1997; Joshi, 2005) but is also a powerful instructional component for improving reading comprehension (Gersten et al., 2001; Mezynski, 1983).”