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Ad lit.org: The Clarifying Routine: Elaborating Vocabulary Instruction

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The more a new vocabulary word is associated with ideas from students' own experience, the more likely the word will become well 'networked' and a permanent part of memory. Making these links involves elaborating definitions of new terms. This article offers teachers several ways to facilitate elaboration.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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