Not exact matches
• Eight characteristics of effective
vocabulary instruction that
enhance academic background knowledge
As you participate in professional development activities this summer, don't forget to dedicate time to learning about tools and strategies that will
enhance your classroom
vocabulary instruction!
Rebecca Silverman and Sara Hines, «The Effects of Multimedia -
Enhanced Instruction on the
Vocabulary of English - Language Learners and Non-English-Language Learners in Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade,» Journal of Educational Psychology 101 (2009): 305 — 314.
Integrate
vocabulary and English as a second language into interventions to
enhance comprehension strategy
instruction
- Interviewing activities to
enhance instruction and explanation processes with specific focus on basic individual
vocabulary needs
Successful second grade
vocabulary instruction involves direct
instruction to expand word knowledge and text comprehension as well as independent word - play to motivate and
enhance learning.
Not surprisingly, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000) advocates direct
vocabulary instruction as an effective instructional method for
enhancing students» reading comprehension.
VocabularySpellingCity is committed to supplying teachers, schools and districts with tools to
enhance vocabulary, writing and spelling
instruction.