Word Matter Tensions

Janet Allen

doi:10.58680/vm20002296

ISSN: 1074-4762
E-ISSN: 1943-3069

Word Matter Tensions
Author(s): Janet Allen
Source: Voices from the Middle, Volume 7, Issue 4, May 2000, p. 4 - 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/vm20002296
- Published online: 01 May 2000

Abstract

Frank Smith cites Nagy and Herman (1987) research that shows middle school students learn an average of 4,875 words a year—outside of school. Literacy researcher and educator Janet Allen offers strategies for word study—inside the classroom.

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