Vocabulary(week+7.8)

 Compare Compare means to examine things that are similar or not. Ex. Results showed that children taught using the second approach produced significantly greater gains in phonemic awareness and letter–sound knowledge, compared to children using the first approach. (Yeh, 2003) Yeh, S. S. (2003). An evaluation of two approaches for teaching phonemic awareness to children in Head Start. // Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18 //(4), 513-529.  Perform; performance Performance means how well or badly you do sth. Ex. Performance on phoneme deletions was significantly related to reading ability even after controlling for syllable- and onset/rime-level awareness, vocabulary, and Pinyin knowledge. (Newman, Tardif, Huang, & Shu, 2010) Newman, E. H., Tardif, T., Huang, J., & Shu, H. (2010). Phonemes matter: The role of phoneme-level awareness in emergent Chinese readers. // Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, In Press, Corrected Proof //.