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Peer reviewedPeters, Ellen, Ed.; Dixon, Robert – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Research based suggestions are presented for effective vocabulary instruction strategies, including: learning new labels; learning concepts; and learning to learn meanings. Regardless of the method chosen, it is crucial that students: demonstrate generalization abilities; be given time to learn new material; periodically review what they learn;…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedChalmers, Lynne – LD Forum, 1995
Students with learning disabilities may gain from use of "flip-flop" study guides to gain key vocabulary and concepts. Rather than providing definitions for terms, the student provides terms for definitions and concepts in the study guide. Such guides allow the teacher to focus on particular concepts and provide repetition of information for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedDupuis, Mary M.; Snyder, Sandra L. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Discusses concept learning in the content areas, focusing on a system for integrating vocabulary into cognitive teaching goals. (AEA)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Consultants
Peer reviewedMessick, Cheryl K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
The acquisition of spatial terms in the language development of young children is examined. Two primary theories of word meaning and concept acquisition are reviewed, followed by a summary of current developmental research on spatial terms and factors influencing acquisition. Finally, guidelines for the assessment and teaching of spatial terms are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedKeane, J. A.; Nkwenti-Azeh, B.; Singleton, J. A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1997
Analyzes the design requirements of a multimedia conceptual dictionary, drawing on research identifying the role of the conceptual dictionary in native language vocabulary acquisition. The article considers both the traditional role of the dictionary in language learning and that of the conceptual dictionary and how this role can be supported by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Dictionaries, French
Download full textKinnison, Lloyd R.; Pickens, Idalia R. – 1984
Schema Theory, the use of the learner's background knowledge for the building of new knowledge, is applied to improving reading comprehension skills and teaching vocabulary words and concepts to learning disabled students. Semantic mapping is a vocbulary strategy which produces the interaction between prior knowledge in a graphic form. For…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Background, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationHill, Russell A. – 1978
The paper presents a rationale, major concepts, and basic vocabulary related to citizenship education. The aim of the document is to aid elementary and secondary school classroom teachers as they develop and implement citizen education programs. The paper is presented in five major sections. Section I explains the purpose of the paper. Section II…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Cognitive Objectives
