Marzano has done a lot of research on vocabulary. He focuses on academic vocabulary, but to me, his work transcends all vocabulary. You might want to look at his findings. Our district studied his work a couple of years ago. He has a "worksheet" students fill out when they are learning a new word. As they gain deeper understanding of the word they add to the worksheet. They gain deeper understanding through examples of use of the word and through playing games using the words.
One thing that hit home was that writing definitions to a word does not often lead to understanding. If you can get students to understand the "essence" and concept of the word, then it becomes one they understand. We also found that often students could use the word in a sentence and still not understand what it means. Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer On 9/17/09 4:24 AM, "Kelly Andrews-Babcock" <kandrews-babc...@killinglyschools.org> wrote: > I've always like having the students create a sentence using the word. That > allows you to know if they truly understand the meaning of the word. Also > gives you an idea about mechanics as well, which you can grade separately. > Kelly AB > > > On 9/16/09 10:59 PM, "reading" <readingwritingliter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anyone have any advice on the best way to give teacher made vocabulary > tests. I want it to be more than just matching definitions and was wondering > what other teachers use as a vocabulary assessment. > > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
