This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? All educators in all subjects have to teach vocabulary. If our students don’t know the meanings of the ...

This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me. You can ...

One of the most important abilities to develop in young students is their vocabulary. Having an ample vocabulary is highly beneficial for a student. For example, increasing one’s vocabulary improves ...

Lower-income children who need preparation in academic language and exposure to texts that promote academic vocabulary are not getting enough of either type of instruction. Explicit vocabulary ...

They also hypothesized that students would benefit more from some of the tried-and-true approaches used for vocabulary instruction—explaining how words can be used in a variety of contexts, providing ...

Improve your teaching skills and get tips on how to teach with The Teachers' Room, our series of teaching tips to help you in the classroom. On this page you'll find a range of teaching techniques and ...

When it comes to university teaching, we may have reached the point that the old-fashioned thing is the innovative thing. I recently began incorporating pop vocabulary quizzes in my undergraduate ...

Vocabulary instruction in the early years is not challenging enough to prepare students for long-term reading comprehension, argues an author of a new study. Vocabulary instruction in the early years ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...

Two-thirds of students in the U.S. are struggling with reading and the gap is widening, according to recent NAEP testing. Although insufficient decoding skills are typically thought to be the reason ...