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Item The Effect of Kinesthetic Instruction on Student Acquisition of High Frequency Words(2018-07) Walter, Faith; Masters of EducationThe purpose of this study was to determine the impact of kinesthetic instructional approaches on the acquisition of high frequency words in special education students. The measurement tool was the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI). This study involved the use of a quasi-experimental design in which all subjects received both the control and experimental treatment. A pre-test post-test design was used to compare scores prior to receiving either kinesthetic or traditional flashcard instruction to the scores after receiving instruction. The mean-gain difference between the two approaches was not statistically significant. Research in the area of the impact of instructional method on high frequency word acquisition should continue given the improvement seen with intervention in this study and the importance of high frequency word acquisition in reading, school, and overall success.Item The Effect of Whole Brain Teaching Strategies on the Acquisition of High Frequency Words(2021-05-07) Kane, Allison; Masters of EducationThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the acquisition of high-frequency words, between English Language Learners (ELLs) and their peers when instructed using the Whole Brain teaching approach. The participants were 11 five- and six-year-olds from a pre-existing kindergarten class in Anne Arundel County Maryland. A pre-post-test design was used to compare data from before and after the implementation of the intervention, with a period of one month between the assessments. Findings from this study suggest that the Whole Brain teaching strategies can yield positive results for all students when used during instruction of high-frequency words. However, the existing data revealed that the acquisition of high-frequency words was not as significant for ELLs as compared to their native-English speaking peers.