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Chapter Review Questions

1 .       Students fully understand a new word if they can: 

 
 
 
 


2 .       Which statement below best explains students' contextual understanding of a word? 

 
 
 
 


3 .       Each of the following is a critical guideline for effective vocabulary instruction except: 

 
 
 
 


4 .       What is the most effective way for content-area teachers to create interest in learning new words? 

 
 
 
 


5 .       What guideline should content-area teachers use to select the words that they are going to teach? 

 
 
 
 


6 .       Which of the following best describes contextual analysis as a means of learning new words? 

 
 
 
 


7 .       Dictionaries can be considered inconsiderate and challenging because: 

 
 
 
 


8 .       Which of the following are teacher-directed activities that build students' firsthand concept development? 

 
 
 
 


9 .       Students can learn to become more independent in their vocabulary development if they: 

 
 
 
 


10 .       All of the following are effective ways to reinforce students' conceptual vocabulary knowledge except: 

 
 
 
 






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