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Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1988
Reviews "The Nature of Vocabulary Acquisition" by Margaret G. McKeown and Mary E. Curtis. Focuses on three questions involving vocabulary acquisition: (1) What does it mean to know the meaning of a word?; (2) How does knowledge about word meanings develop?; and (3) What is the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and comprehension? (MM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Semantics
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A.; Vancil, Sandra J. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Concludes that semantic maps do not work alone, but must be built in class during discussion of vocabulary. Shows that discussion alone works well for most students. (FL)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Discusses three principles that characterize effective vocabulary instruction (contextual and definitional information, active processing, and multiple exposures) and describes how these principles can be used to modify and improve existing methods of teaching word meanings. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Improvement, Educational Principles, Reading Comprehension
