Learning Vocabulary: Different Ways for Different Goals.

McKeown, Margaret G.; Beck, Isabel L.

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ERIC Number: EJ367432

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Publication Date: 1988

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Learning Vocabulary: Different Ways for Different Goals.

McKeown, Margaret G.; Beck, Isabel L.

Remedial and Special Education (RASE), v9 n1 p42-46 Jan-Feb 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. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Semantics, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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