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Carr, Eileen; Wixson, Karen K. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Proposes four guidelines to help educators evaluate vocabulary instruction: (1) instruction should help students relate new vocabulary to their background knowledge, (2) instruction should help students develop elaborated word knowledge, (3) instruction should provide for active student involvement, and (4) instruction should develop students'…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
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Anders, Patricia L.; Bos, Candace S. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Explains semantic feature analysis, a technique that helps students learn a new vocabulary by seeing how words are alike and how they are different. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Guidelines, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning