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| September 22, 2003 | Barclay-McLaughlin, Gina; Benner, Susan M. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

In an attempt to improve student performance on high stakes standardized testing, teacher educators from the University of Tennessee and teachers from one urban elementary school have collaborated in the development of a community- and school-based vocabulary initiative. Using research related to vocabulary and reading as a basis for our planning, we organized teams responsible for developing and implementing a series of vocabulary activities. This article contains links to vocabulary research and descriptive information about these efforts.

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