Teaching Vocabulary: Making the Instruction Fit the Goal.

Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ324392

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

Teaching Vocabulary: Making the Instruction Fit the Goal.

Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G.

Educational Perspectives, v23 n1 p11-15 Spr 1985

Presents an approach to vocabulary instruction that serves to increase knowledge of word definitions, to provide semantic links to words, and to promote greater facility in using words. Reviews studies associated with the "fertile vocabulary" instructional plan and discusses program results and benefits. (ML)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Language Arts, Language Skills, Reading Improvement, Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

Education Level: N/A

Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A