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Download full textPalinkaševic, Radmila – Research in Pedagogy, 2017
Word lists present an essential tool in vocabulary teaching. Compilation of specific word lists for various fields is one of the most prominent branches of research in this field at the moment. New methodological changes in word list formation have been proposed because of the appearance of the New-GSL (Brezina & Gablasova, 2013) and AVL…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Word Lists, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
Direct linkCameron, Claire E.; Connor, Carol McDonald; Morrison, Frederick J.; Jewkes, Abigail M. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
Teacher organization is a crucial part of classroom functioning; however, its relation to student achievement has not been investigated as extensively as that of instruction. In this study, organization is defined as the amount of time teachers spend explaining the purpose and procedures of learning activities and daily routines. Data from…
Descriptors: Teacher Associations, Classrooms, Literacy, Vocabulary Skills
Marzano, Robert J.; Marzano, Jana S. – 1988
Intended for elementary school teachers, researchers, and materials developers, this book presents a cluster approach to vocabulary instruction, in which words are taught in semantically related groups. Over 7,000 words from elementary school textbooks have been organized into 61 instructional clusters, each containing two levels of subclusters…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedChilders, Cheryl D. – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Reviews a teaching strategy built on the body of research revealing crossword puzzles as effective means of introducing fundamental concepts and vocabulary. Discusses methods for constructing the puzzle. Student responses suggest that the puzzle was useful as a tool for both learning and review. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Wood, Eileen; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1987
Describes study of 80 preschool children in Canadian nursery schools and day care centers that addressed how children's learning of definitions is affected by two presentation variables: (1) questioning, and (2) the elaborateness of illustrations accompanying definitions. Results are analyzed, congruent versus incongruent recall is discussed, and…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Illustrations
Anders, Patricia L. – 1983
A study investigated whether semantic feature analysis (SFA) significantly improves the content related vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of adolescent, learning disabled readers. SFA is a set of vocabulary development activities designed to help students categorize vocabulary words and compare related ideas. Subjects, 62 learning…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Distinctive Features (Language), High Schools
Heerman, Charles E. – 1983
To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
