What Research Has to Say About Vocabulary Instruction

 

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Introduction
Vocabulary Instruction: A Critical Component for Skillful Reading
Alan E. Farstrup, S. Jay Samuels

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Chapter 1
Getting to the Root of Word Study: Teaching Latin and Greek Word Roots in Elementary and Middle Grades
Nancy Padak, Evangeline Newton, Timothy Rasinski, Rick M. Newton   FREE!

Chapter 2
Attentional Vocabulary Instruction: Read-Alouds, Word Play, and Other Motivating Strategies for Fostering Informal Word Learning
Camille L.Z. Blachowicz , Peter Fisher

Chapter 3
Instruction on Individual Words: One Size Does Not Fit All
Michael F. Graves

Chapter 4
Teaching Vocabulary-Learning Strategies: Word Consciousness, Word Connection, and Word Prediction
Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo

Chapter 5
The Nature, Learning, and Instruction of General Academic Vocabulary
Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Shira Lubliner

Chapter 6
Teaching Vocabulary Through Text and Experience in Content Areas
Marco A. Bravo, Gina N. Cervetti

Chapter 7
Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and Secondary Content Classrooms: Understandings and Direction From Research
Jane M. Harmon, Karen D. Wood, Wanda B. Hedrick

Chapter 8
More Than Merely Words: Redefining Vocabulary Learning in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society
Judith A. Scott, William E. Nagy, Susan Leigh Flinspach

Chapter 9
English Words Needed: Creating Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners
Lori Helman

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