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ERIC Number: EJ343568
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Elaboration in Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison of Three Rehearsal Methods.
Coomber, James E.; And Others
Research in the Teaching of English, v20 n3 p281-93 Oct 1986
Investigates whether students could more easily remember synthetic words by rehearsing with definitions, examples, or sentence composing. Concludes that students who used sentence composing performed better on a posttest than those who had rehearsed using examples and definitions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Methods Research, Teaching Methods, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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