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ERIC Number: EJ316646
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Vocabulary Review: Making Words Your Own.
Orden, J. Hannah
Exercise Exchange, v30 n2 p33-34 Spr 1985
Describes a method for preparing students for vocabulary quizzes that enables students to make a personal connection with the new words. Students remember as many of the new words as they can, then free write about each one to arrive at a definition.
Descriptors: Free Writing, Retention (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Writing Exercises
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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