All words are not of equal importance for instruction. Some words require a deep dive of meaningful scaffolded inquiry of the complexities of words in various contexts, while others require a brief definition.
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Education has over 100 years of studies showing students having difficulties with word knowledge and word relationships beginning with Thorndike (1917) and Davis (1944). In 1950, Kottmyer wrote about teachers having “vexing problems” with vocabulary instruction.
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