For educators struggling to find effective, timesaving tools that help students build and retain vocabulary, a new study shows significant increases in vocabulary and reading comprehension among students using VocabularySpellingCity.com. The research found that practicing with the game-based literacy program for just 10 minutes a day boosted vocabulary retention scores by 43% and reading comprehension by 21.5%. English Learners had a particularly dramatic increase in reading comprehension: 46.5%. “The way the vocabulary is presented makes the difference,” said a teacher who participated in the study.
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