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Peer reviewedPowell, William R. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Explains how antonymy (opposition) can offer another approach to vocabulary development in a classroom situation. (HOD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Rhonda Holt; Longman, Debbie Guice – Journal of Reading, 1985
Sniglets, a word game popularized by comedian Rich Hall, provide teachers and students with a break from the monotony of vocabulary drill by allowing students to make words of their own, practice inferential skills in developing and identifying the meanings, and learn how words are created and made a part of language. (HOD)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education, Reading Games, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedEeds, Maryann; Cockrum, Ward A. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Concludes that direct teaching of vocabulary by forming networks between students' existing schemata and the new words was more effective than dictionary work or context study. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictionaries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGoldfield, Ben – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills
