Friday, October 18, 2013

Strategies for Developing Vocabulary



I have had a difficult time relating or seeing how to apply the strategies in the last two weeks readings to mathematics.  I can totally see how they could be used in other content areas however find only a few strategies that would be beneficial in my content area.  The two strategies I think that would apply best in a mathematical sense are the personal glossary and clues and questions, both from the BBR chapter.  My students could definitely benefit from a personal glossary of mathematical terms that also incorporate clues and questions as well.  I think I would format the vocabulary entries with, of course, the vocab word first followed by a definition and then a formula or mathematical label.  I would then request below the definition, 3-4 clues or questions to help students identify key elements.  This is just a rough sketch of what it could possibly look like and would probably need to be fine tuned. 
Overall, I think the techniques and strategies listed would be beneficial for varying content areas.  I did become frustrated however when the two readings overlapped as much as they did…not too many new techniques.

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