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Peer reviewedStorie, Gwen; Willems, Arnold L. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Presents guidelines for teaching spelling, focusing on the issue of whether spelling instruction should be formal or informal, the use of word lists, efficient instructional procedures, effective methods for studying words, the need for systematic improvement of retention, and integration of spelling and writing. (RAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedJones, D. Joan – Reading, 1988
Describes how one teacher helped students in her third grade class, who had below average spelling and reading skills, improve their reading achievement by using a structured, graded, multifaceted approach to spelling instruction. (ARH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMorris, Darrell; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Explores the concept of spelling instruction in the elementary grades through the analysis of error-types. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Orthographic Symbols
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
Pressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of five experiments in which adults and children were exposed to two study strategies for vocabulary learning: (1) repetition of words with meanings and (2) associative elaboration (the keyword method). Subjects were asked to choose one of the two study methods for learning a 24-item list of new vocabulary words. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Tests
Peer reviewedFrager, Alan M. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes a teaching strategy that can develop the student's cognitive ability for learning the labels for new thoughts, ideas, and concepts and a teaching strategy that promotes the learning more through modeling the teacher's interest in words. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Teacher Role
Morrow, Lesley Mandel; McGee, Lea M.; Richgels, Donald J. – 2001
This book, a custom edition for the Ohio Summer Institute for Reading Intervention (Summer 2001), reprints selected chapters from two books, "Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write," Fourth Edition (Lesley Mandel Morrow) and "Literacy's Beginnings: Supporting Young Readers and Writers," Third Edition (Lea M. McGee…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Child Development, Childrens Literature
And Others; Wallace, Eunice Ewer – Elementary English, 1972
Studies context as a significant aid to the learning and retention of words. (RB)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Retention (Psychology), Retention Studies
Peer reviewedJohnson, Dale D.; Merryman, Edward – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Consonants, Language Skills, Pronunciation Instruction
Peer reviewedBlick, Kenneth A.; Waite, Carole J. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, College Students, Individual Differences, Learning Activities
Alexander, J. Estill; Barnard, Harry V. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Higher Education, Lexicology
Freeman, William W. K. – Cl Outlook, 1970
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
Peer reviewedMueller, Hugo, Jr. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dictionaries, German, Language Instruction
Gaffney, John – College and University Journal, 1971
A plea for Americans to write sensible, plain English and avoid fad" words. (IR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Higher Education, Language Skills
Peer reviewedBurroughs, Robert S. – English Journal, 1982
Offers examples of texts and assignments that reinforce an appreciation for the importance of context in the study of vocabulary. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, English Instruction, High Schools
