EDST2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Deep Learning
OVERALL ARGUMENTS
o Academic vocabulary instruction should be incorporated into standard practice
improve language skillsboost reading comprehension (RC) for struggling
readers
o ALisparticularlyofhighdifficultyforlearners
o Locally Effective Solutions (LES)
o Effectively target students’ RC and AL skillsmatch instruction and intervention
to
linguistic and socioeconomic capacities.
• Research Findings (what does it tell us about designing vocab instruction?)
o Instruction=focusondeeplyunderstandingarelativelysmallnumberofwords,
their elements, and related words in rich contexts
Choosetheappropriatecontent&rightamountoftimetospend
• ▪ Use more high utility words
• ▪ Deep learning of general-purpose academic words (e.g., analyze, frequent, abstract)
• ▪ Use more deliery ords—those that deliver the content to the reader
o Balancedirectteachingofwordswithteachingword-learningstrategies
• ▪ Instruction using contextual cues
• ▪ Develop and exercise morphological awareness skills to help students
become more independent through using cognitive tools more efficiently
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