Specifies some of the different word learning tasks students face, describes different levels of word knowledge, notes three types of costs involved in instruction, and discusses the costs and benefits of some specific methods of vocabulary instruction. (HOD)

Compares the summary writing strategies used by professional writers, remedial college English students, and outstanding high school students. Concludes that the subjects fell into two groups--amateur and professional, with evident differences in reading processes, note taking, abstracting, monitoring, analyzing, and writing processes. (FL)