This study shows that children can quickly learn and retain many new undefined vocabulary words when the words are introduced in meaningful, familiar sentences and stories. (Author/DEP)

The materials in this course are designed to be taught by an instructor who speaks Yoruba as her/his first language and, in addition, has a good knowledge of English. The mimicry, manipulation, and memorization phase consists of three parallel columns: Column A lists the lexical items to be introduced, Column B gives the pronunciation of some…

To devise a list of functional sight vocabulary words, a search was made of numerous curriculum guides and books, school district curricula, and several commercial materials purporting to teach such words. This search provided 16 word lists with a total of 466 different words and symbols. The word lists ranged from as few as five words to as many…

Vocabulary test errors made by people with varying levels of vocabulary knowledge might give information about the stages involved in learning a word's meaning. A study used such data to evaluate Johnson O'Connor's proposal that word learning involves four stages and that each stage is characterized by a type of confusion (a mislead). In the first…

The research focusing on students' comprehension of mathematical word problems can be viewed from the math educator's perspective, the reading educator's perspective, or a pedagogical perspective. Math educators emphasize the math aptitude of the learners, a view suggesting that students must possess certain understandings to succeed in…

Developed as a means of encouraging the integration of K-6 library skills into the courses of study recommended and customarily followed in the elementary schools of New York State, this curriculum guide is divided into three main sections: (1) Suggested Strategies and Local Initiatives presents the basic philosophy of an integrated library media…

A small set of vocabulary development exercises was tried out in four classes in each of grades four, six, and eight. The instruction was derived from three general content areas: subject-area vocabulary, alternative language, and vocabulary from context. The tryout consisted of extensive pretesting, instruction, and posttesting. It was generally…

A preliminary study was conducted to identify the precipitating conditions and strategies used for vocabulary acquisition and to relate these findings to one theory of elementary and post-elementary cognitive development. Twenty-six college seniors were asked three questions regarding precipitating conditions and strategies used for vocabulary…

Because of the positive correlation between vocabulary size and reading fluency in a second language, every effort should be made to increase students' recognition vocabulary. Vocabulary-building techniques include: (1) phonic and morphological analysis of words, (2) cognate recognition, (3) contextual analysis, (4) matching sentence halves and…

Content area teachers should be aware of the five levels of vocabulary with which their students must cope. The five levels include standard words at the least complex level, transitional terms that have different meanings in the content area than in standard usage, technical terms specific to the subject area, changeable terms (similar to…

High school teachers can contribute greatly to reading instruction by helping students apply to specific content those reading skills learned in earlier years, by strengthening students' basic skills, and by teaching the special reading skills peculiar to a subject area. Vocational education teachers confront many secondary students who show…

This guide is designed to help the driver education teacher understand the reading process. It gives suggestions for implementing reading instruction and for identifying the reading skills that a student will need in order to become proficient in the area of driver education. Recognition of words is the primary concern of the first part of the…

A METHOD OF TEACHING READING IN THE PRIMARY GRADES IS PRESENTED. SKILLS OF LISTENING, SPEAKING, WRITING, AND READING ARE INCLUDED. THE LANGUAGE AND THINKING OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD, BASED UPON HIS OWN EXPERIENCE, IS THE BASIS FOR ALL SKILL DEVELOPMENT. THE PATTERN OF INSTRUCTION COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE, ALTHOUGH STRICT ADHERENCE TO THIS…

THIS FREQUENCY LISTING OF CONTEMPORARY GERMAN VOCABULARY BASED ON A TABULATION OF A 584,000 WORD SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THREE WIDELY READ, GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIVE WEST GERMAN NEWSPAPERS WAS DESIGNED, PRIMARILY, TO BE USED AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, TEXT AND TEST WRITERS, CURRICULUM PLANNERS, AND RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN UPDATING…