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Too Little or Too Much? What Do We Know about Making Vocabulary Instruction Meaningful?
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Allen, Janet – Voices from the Middle, 2006
An expert on vocabulary instruction, Allen reviews what we know as a profession to be of value to students and offers three types of practices that demonstrate meaningful vocabulary instruction. She also describes how vocabulary words can be used as a rich source of assessment. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Class Activities