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Peer reviewedIgnoffo, Matthew F. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Demonstrates why analogy exercises are useful in developing both vocabulary and conceptualization. (JT)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedStieglitz, Ezra L.; Stieglitz, Varda S. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Outlines a procedure for building an understanding of vocabulary terms in content areas. (AEA)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBlachowicz, Camille L. Z. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes six strategies for teaching vocabulary: exclusion brainstorming, knowledge rating, connect two, semantic feature analysis and semantic gradients, concept ladder, and predict-o-gram. (HOD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Knowledge Level, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedGraves, Michael F.; Prenn, Maureen C. – Journal of Reading, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Cost Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedAhrendt, Kenneth M.; Haselton, Shirley S. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Bookkeeping, Concept Formation, Context Clues, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNelson-Herber, Joan – Journal of Reading, 1986
Argues that new vocabulary words should be presented in concept clusters and related to prior knowledge to facilitate organization in memory. Presents a sample lesson for science vocabulary. (HOD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Learning Strategies
