Understanding Academic Language

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Understancing Academic Language — **Author(s):** Frances Ihle, Jacqueline Schafer

**Publication Info:** University of Kansas, 2014

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2015 SIM Conference Video: Understanding Academic Language - Frances Ihle Handout
2010 SIM Conference Video: The Final Frontier Language Patterns in Academic Texts - Frances Ihle Language Patterns, Presentation pdf

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Understanding Academic Language Research
Research on Understanding Academic Language includes studies involving high school students in classes designed to improve their reading and writing skills. Initial research took place in three high schools. Data were collected from three experimental (N = 24) classrooms and three comparison (N = 25) classrooms. The strategy was taught in the experimental classes whereas the teachers delivered instruction as planned in the comparison classes. Pretest and posttest results indicated that the students who learned the strategy increased their average performance by 28% (Effect size = 1.96) when answering questions about a 400- word social studies passage. A smaller study was conducted in a high school special education setting. The experimental class (N = 12) improved by answering 18% more questions correctly as compared to an average improvement of 2% by the comparison class (N = 8).

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