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ERIC Number: ED276222
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 22
Abstractor: N/A
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Teaching Vocabulary to the L.D. Student from an Interactive View of Reading Comprehension.
Kinnison, Lloyd R.; Pickens, Idalia R.
Schema Theory, the use of the learner's background knowledge for the building of new knowledge, is applied to improving reading comprehension skills and teaching vocabulary words and concepts to learning disabled students. Semantic mapping is a vocbulary strategy which produces the interaction between prior knowledge in a graphic form. For purposes of vocabulary development, semantic mapping extends knowledge by displaying words in categories to help familiarize the learner with new words in relation to known words. Ten steps for teaching with semantic mapping include selecting the focal word or concept, asking the students to think of as many words as possible related to the focal word or concept, using the target words in sentences, and finally, reading the selection. The procedure of semantic mapping is also applied to the identification of words through the mapping of word families. A three-page list of references and three examples of mapping are offered. (DB)
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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