Kelly Bruce
Biographic Data
| ID | 5971969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelly Bruce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelly |
| FAMILY NAME | Bruce |
| SIGNATURE | BRUCE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Retired from ETS Princeton New Jersey USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How Much Should I Read? An Analysis of Word Learning Opportunities in Children's Novels
With only about a third of students in US public schools achieving the NAEP Proficient level, many educators believe students are not getting enough reading practice. However, how much reading practice is enough? This study quantifies the relationship between the amount of book reading and the expected number of words learned. We collected 45 children's novels, M(Lexile) = 994 L, or Grade 6, and assembled a corpus of 3.2 million words. When readi…
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How Much Should I Read? An Analysis of Word Learning Opportunities in Children's Novels
With only about a third of students in US public schools achieving the NAEP Proficient level, many educators believe students are not getting enough reading practice. However, how much reading practice is enough? This study quantifies the relationship between the amount of book reading and the expected number of words learned. We collected 45 children's novels, M(Lexile) = 994 L, or Grade 6, and assembled a corpus of 3.2 million words. When readi…
Computer Science (1 work) · Learning to read (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Mathematics education (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Reading (process) (1 work) · Reading and Literacy Development (1 work) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (1 work) · Text Readability and Simplification (1 work) · Vocabulary (1 work)