Putting Two and Two Together: Middle School Students' Morphological Problem-Solving Strategies for Unknown Words

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 541 - 553
• Main Authors: Pacheco, Mark B, Goodwin, Amanda P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Early Adolescents; English Language Learners; Grade 7; Grade 8; Interviews; Literacy Education; Middle School Students; Morphology (Languages); Problem Solving; Semantics; Teaching Methods; United States (Southeast); Vocabulary Development

Adolescents often use root word and affix knowledge to figure out unknown words. Anglin (1993) found that younger readers favor the Part-to-Whole strategy, and Tyler and Nagy (1989) confirmed the importance of root-word knowledge for middle school students. This study seeks to understand the differe...