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Peer reviewedBeck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Outlines a program of vocabulary development that contains cognitive, affective, and physical elements. Points to test results showing that the program has been effective with fourth grade students. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMcKeown, Margaret G.; Beck, Isabel L. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1988
A vocabulary instruction program for intermediate grades is described. The program improves comprehension through use of such features as multiple exposures to words in various contexts and engaging students in active thinking about word meanings. This method of instruction is compared with instruction that offers only definitional information.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Context Clues, Intermediate Grades
Beck, Isabel L.; And Others – 1984
Designed to improve reading comprehension and other complex verbal functions, fertile instruction in word skill focuses on improving accuracy of word knowledge, increasing fluency of access to meanings in memory, and enriching semantic network connections among related concepts. It is particularly appropriate for teaching the high frequency words…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Language Processing
