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IRELAND, VIRGINIA – 1966
A METHOD OF VOCABULARY STUDY USED AS A TOOL RATHER THAN AS A COMPLETE VOCABULARY PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS INVESTIGATE ANY WORD AND HELPS CLARIFY KEY OR DIFFICULT WORDS IN AN ASSIGNMENT. THE SEMANTIC LEVELS OF DEFINITION-MAKING ARE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE TEACHER'S ASKING THE STUDENTS WHAT CLASS OF THINGS A CERTAIN WORD STANDS FOR AND HOW…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Semantics, Teaching Methods, Verbal Development
Peer reviewedMattleman, Marciene S. – Reading Teacher, 1973
Presents examples of classroom activities designed to improve reading through improved vocabulary. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Verbal Development
Peer reviewedWallach, Geraldine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article discusses how the processing, form, and content requirements of written language pose challenges to professionals trying to design and implement regular or remedial educational programs. Differences between oral and written language; influences of culture, value systems, and world knowledge; and structure and content interactions are…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1988
Describes 13 practical ideas for classroom teaching at the elementary level, including writing classmates' biographies, keeping a class diary, and improving emergent readers' vocabulary with word cards. (MM)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Biographies, Elementary Education, Journal Writing
Peer reviewedEnglert, Carol Sue; Mariage, Troy V. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
The activities of a literacy project are described as examples of social constructivism. The role of social and dialogic interactions of teachers and students in literacy communities in which the production, rather than the reproduction, of knowledge is the goal of the instruction is emphasized. Examples of teacher and student dialog are provided.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
MACAULAY, BARBARA D., ED.; SLOANE, HOWARD N., JR., ED. – 1968
INTENDED FOR SPEECH THERAPISTS, THEACHERS OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND OTHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS REPORTS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS ON SPEECH AND LANGUAGE MODIFICATION ATTEMPTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PAPERS ON BACKGROUND TOPICS. BACKGROUND PAPERS ON TEACHING TREAT ENVIRONMENTAL…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Articulation (Speech), Autism, Behavior Change
