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Teaching and learning vocabulary : bringing research to practice / edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Michael L. Kamil.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vocabulary--Study and teaching.
- Vocabulary.
- Language arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how voca
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1 Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Perspectives and Persistent Issues; PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON HOW VOCABULARY IS LEARNED; PART II: INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS THAT ENHANCE VOCABULARY; PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON WHICH WORDS TO CHOOSE FOR INSTRUCTION; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-60545-9
- 1-282-32527-2
- 9786612325274
- 1-4106-1292-9
- 9781410612922
- OCLC:
- 475946045
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