Vocabulary Development Flashcards
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Tier 2 vocabulary words, as described by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan, are best characterized as:
Answer: High-frequency, high-utility academic words that appear across subject areas (e.g., analyze, conclude)
Tier 2 words are sophisticated, general-academic vocabulary that appear across disciplines and are critical for academic success.
The most effective vocabulary instruction goes beyond providing a definition and includes:
Answer: Multiple exposures in varied contexts and active use of the words
Rich vocabulary instruction involves repeated, varied encounters with words across contexts and requires students to actively process and use the words.
A student uses context clues to figure out the meaning of 'arduous' from 'The arduous hike left the team exhausted.' What type of context clue is present?
Answer: General inference clue
The context provides an inferable connection (exhaustion following the hike) from which the student must infer the meaning — this is a general inference rather than an explicit definition or synonym.
Which strategy best helps students develop morphological awareness to independently learn new vocabulary?
Answer: Teaching students the meanings of common Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes
Knowledge of morphemes — roots, prefixes, and suffixes — enables students to independently decode and infer the meaning of many unfamiliar words.
The 'vocabulary gap' between students from higher- and lower-income backgrounds refers to:
Answer: Significant disparities in the size of vocabulary students bring to school
Research shows that children from lower-income backgrounds often arrive at school with significantly smaller vocabularies due to differences in language exposure.
Which instructional technique builds both vocabulary and conceptual understanding by having students compare and contrast target words?
Answer: Semantic feature analysis
Semantic feature analysis uses a matrix to help students compare how multiple related words share or differ in their features, building deep conceptual understanding.