Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3

This mixed methods inquiry seeks research insights into the inter-relationships among handwriting, quality writing outcomes, fluency and various indices of vocabulary use visible in writing samples of 216 Grade 3 students in response to an expository prompt. The findings highlight the connection am...

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Main Authors: Hetty Roessingh, David Nordstokke, Aurelia Mir-Orefice
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Language:English
Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2025-05-01
Series:Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/29714
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description This mixed methods inquiry seeks research insights into the inter-relationships among handwriting, quality writing outcomes, fluency and various indices of vocabulary use visible in writing samples of 216 Grade 3 students in response to an expository prompt. The findings highlight the connection among these variables most importantly the role of handwriting. Sustained attention on direct teaching of handwriting that will in turn increase fluency and improve retrieval of vocabulary is warranted. Secondly, instructional attention is warranted in developing academic vocabulary especially for linguistically vulnerable young learners.
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spelling doaj-art-66591e6bf5f8400dadb6873ad7f69efe2025-08-20T03:07:27ZengLanguage and Literacy Researchers of CanadaLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal1496-09742025-05-0127210.20360/langandlit29714Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3Hetty Roessingh0David Nordstokke1Aurelia Mir-Orefice2University of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of Calgary This mixed methods inquiry seeks research insights into the inter-relationships among handwriting, quality writing outcomes, fluency and various indices of vocabulary use visible in writing samples of 216 Grade 3 students in response to an expository prompt. The findings highlight the connection among these variables most importantly the role of handwriting. Sustained attention on direct teaching of handwriting that will in turn increase fluency and improve retrieval of vocabulary is warranted. Secondly, instructional attention is warranted in developing academic vocabulary especially for linguistically vulnerable young learners. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/29714children's handwritingacademic vocabularyquality writing outcomes
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Aurelia Mir-Orefice
Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3
Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
children's handwriting
academic vocabulary
quality writing outcomes
title Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3
title_full Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3
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title_full_unstemmed Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3
title_short Unlocking Academic Vocabulary in Grade 3
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topic children's handwriting
academic vocabulary
quality writing outcomes
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