Vocabulary is a very important component of reading fluency and comprehension. Finding the best way to teach vocabulary to students is a topic that has been discussed and researched for several years. This study was designed to find out if teaching vocabulary through traditional methods or non-traditional methods is best for vocabulary retention. The traditional [...]
18
Jun
2009
Using Dictionaries
Tags: teaching methods, vocabulary
Teaching new vocabulary has become a very important part of reading programs at the elementary school level. As a result there has been a great deal of discussion regarding the most beneficial method for helping students to expand their vocabulary. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students acquired new vocabulary definitions more [...]