Alternative Formats for Evaluating Content Area Vocabulary Understanding.

Simpson, Michele L.

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ERIC Number: EJ359083

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Publication Date: 1987

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Alternative Formats for Evaluating Content Area Vocabulary Understanding.

Simpson, Michele L.

Journal of Reading, v31 n1 p20-27 Oct 1987

Addresses three questions: (1) What is involved in understanding a word or concept? (2) How do we presently measure word knowledge? (3) What are some alternative formats which teachers could utilize with their students? Suggests techniques such as paired word questions, categorizing, analogies, and sentence writing as ways to evaluate vocabulary knowledge. (SKC)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Testing, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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