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ERIC Number: EJ640727
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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"Extraordinary,""Tremendous,""Exhilarating,""Magnificent": Middle School At-Risk Students Become Avid Word Learners with the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS).
Ruddell, Martha Rapp; Shearer, Brenda A.
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v45 n5 p352-63 Feb 2002
Considers what kinds of classroom interactions contributed to the awareness and motivation of at-risk students' interest in vocabulary. Describes the effects of the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS). Provides strong support for the VSS as an effective means both for increasing the depth and breadth of student vocabulary knowledge and for developing students' ability to be strategic, independent word learners. (SG)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED502398