Learning vocabulary through morpheme word family object boxes
|Rule, Audrey C.
|Vocabulary instruction is an important part of literacy. This paper reports the results of a small pilot study that investigated two instructional approaches to the use of morpheme or root word families in teaching vocabulary to third grade students. Twelve students randomly divided into two groups at a high-needs urban school in central New York State participated in the investigation. Students learned eight word families in a repeated measures counterbalanced pretest/posttest design. The groups alternated learning vocabulary words through two conditions, traditional worksheet versus object boxes with word cards. The morphemic families studied contained the morphemes: oct, ped, tele, quad, cycle, man, meta, and dict. Students made gains in both conditions. Mean gains for all participants were somewhat higher in the object box condition, but this was not statistically significant because of the small number of students. This study shows that object boxes can produce the same or perhaps even better gains in vocabulary acquisition than traditional worksheet methods, with greater student motivation.
|Journal of Authentic Learning;vol. 1
|Learning vocabulary through morpheme word family object boxes
Kujifunza maneno kupitia sanduku la neno la familia ya morpheme ni sehemu muhimu ya ujuzi wa kusoma na kuandika. Makala hii inaripoti matokeo ya utafiti mdogo wa majaribio ambao ulichunguza mbinu mbili za mafundisho ya matumizi ya familia za maneno ya morpheme au mizizi katika kufundisha msamiati kwa wanafunzi wa darasa la tatu. Wanafunzi 12 waliogunduliwa kwa nasibu katika vikundi viwili katika shule ya mijini yenye mahitaji ya juu katika jimbo la New York walishiriki katika uchunguzi huo. Wanafunzi walijifunza familia nane za maneno katika vipimo vilivyorudiwa vilivyolinganishwa na muundo wa kabla ya mtihani na baada ya mtihani. Vikundi vilibadilishana kujifunza maneno ya msamiati kupitia hali mbili, karatasi ya jadi ya kazi dhidi ya masanduku ya kitu na kadi za neno. Familia za morphemic zilizochunguzwa zilikuwa na morphemes: oct, ped, tele, quad, cycle, man, meta, na dict. Wanafunzi walipata mafanikio katika hali zote mbili. Matokeo ya wastani kwa washiriki wote yalikuwa ya juu zaidi katika hali ya sanduku la kitu, lakini hii haikuwa muhimu kwa sababu ya idadi ndogo ya wanafunzi. Utafiti huu unaonyesha kwamba masanduku ya kitu yanaweza kuzalisha faida sawa au labda hata bora katika upatikanaji wa msamiati kuliko mbinu za jadi za karatasi za kazi, na motisha kubwa ya mwanafunzi. _Jarida la Mafunzo ya Kweli; vol. 1 - Kujifunza maneno ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha ya lugha