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Bringing Words to Life Robust Vocabulary Instruction
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Bringing Words to Life Robust Vocabulary Instruction Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Beck, Isabel L

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  • Title Bringing Words to Life Robust Vocabulary Instruction
  • Author Beck, Isabel L
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 148
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Guilford Publications, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date March 20, 2002
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 48179256
  • ISBN 9781572307537 / 1572307536
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.10 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Vocabulary - Study and teaching
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001055678
  • Dewey Decimal Code 428.107

First line

As we start this book, we want our readers to call to mind the critical role that vocabulary plays in people's lives and future possibilities.

About the author

Isabel L. Beck, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She has conducted research and published widely in the areas of decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. Her contributions have been acknowledged by awards from the International Reading Association, the National Reading Conference, and the American Federation of Teachers, and she is an elected member of the National Academy of Education.

Margaret G. McKeown, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh. Her research on reading comprehension and vocabulary has been published extensively in outlets for both researcher and practitioner audiences. Dr. McKeown is a recipient of the Dissertation of the Year Award from the International Reading Association and a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship. Before her career in research, she taught elementary school.

Linda Kucan, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. In addition to vocabulary instruction, her research interests include classroom talk about texts and the design of meaningful and motivating tasks to support comprehension of text.