The construction and evaluation of a social studies context vocabulary test
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Abstract
Then immediate problem in this study is to ascertain the vocabulary
needed by fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children in order to get meaning
from printed material and spoken ideas basic to understanding in the
social studies. A further purpose is to construct and evaluate a test
which will measure the understandings of this social studies vocabulary
of intermediate grade children. A companion study by Earley has the
same purposes but employs a different technique.
A diagnostic test of social studies vocabulary should enable
teachers to discover the knowledge children have, thus providing a basis
for teaching the specific vocabulary necessary for the understanding of
social studies textbooks. The investigation merits attention in that
much of the information that children acquire in social studies, at the
intermediate grade level, comes from printed material. [TRUNCATED]
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University.
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