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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 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
Peer reviewedAarnoutse, Cor; Tomesen, Marieke – Educational Studies, 1998
Studies effects of an instructional program for deriving word meanings from context and through morphological analysis for primary school students with poor-to-average reading comprehension. Shows that it has a significant effect on the ability of students to derive word meanings, but found little evidence of transfer to general reading…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies
Download full textNagy, William E.; And Others – 1986
A study investigated the effect of properties of words and texts on the incidental learning of word meanings during normal reading. Subjects--352 students in third, fifth, and seventh grades--read either expository or narrative passages selected from grade-level textbooks, and after six days were tested on their knowledge of difficult words from…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Goldsmith, Peggy; Robinson, Trish – 1986
To help children develop a concept of "words," this document introduces parallels from languages other than English so that children, especially those learning English as a second language, can become aware of similarities across languages and recognize links between their first language and English. Answers to questions often asked by…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
