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ERIC Number: EJ436872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Organized Instruction for the Improvement of Word Knowledge Skills.
Durso, Francis T.; Coggins, Kathy A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n1 p108-12 Mar 1991
Performance on a battery of tests of vocabulary words by 72 college students was compared as a function of whether the prior instruction involved presenting material in an organized or scrambled fashion. Organizing vocabulary words during study facilitated performance in categorizing, processing for understanding, or producing a word. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Definitions, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Skill Development, Vocabulary Skills, Word Lists, Word Recognition, Word Study Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Presentation Mode; Semantic Organizers; Thematic Organizers
Note: Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meetings of the Psychonomic Society (Toronto, Canada, June 21-24, 1986) and (New Orleans, LA, October 1986).