In Tierney and Readace's chapter, the reader is introduced to 7 different strategies for increasing students' vocabulary. These 7 strategies were possible sentences, list-group-label, contextual redefinition, feature analysis, world map, vocabulary self-collection, and Levin's keyword method. The authors do a good job providing descriptions of the strategies and also the purpose of the strategies. Unfortunately, I do not believe that all 7 strategies could be 100 % successful in a maths classroom.
This chapter points out a recently popular idea that most students will struggle with reading and comprehending if there are words that they are unfamiliar with. This makes a lot of sense. I believe a big problem is that the students may not be able to use context clues to determine the meaning of a word and most will definitely not take the time to look the word up. Therefore, if they do not give up immediately, they will continue to read with very little understanding. therefore it is the teachers job to take time to identify any words they believe may give the students problems. Take time to define these words or ask students to provide definitions before they read. This is a great pre-reading activity. This also can help with the implementation of the new common core standards that pertain to vocabulary.
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