1. Teaching and learning vocabulary : perspectives and persistent issues / Michael L. Kamil and Elfrieda H. Hiebert
2. Why vocabulary instruction needs to be long-term and comprehensive / William Nagy
3. Vocabulary growth through independent reading and reading aloud to children / Anne E. Cunningham
4. Creating opportunities to acquire new word meanings from text / Judith A. Scott
5. Four problems with teaching word meanings (and what to do to make vocabulary an integral part of instruction) / Steven A. Stahl
6. Bringing words to life in classrooms with English-language learners / Margarita Calderon, Diane August, Robert Slavin, Daniel Duran, Nancy Madden and Alan Cheung
7. Sustained vocabulary-learning strategy instruction for English-language learners / Maria S. Carlo, Diane August and Catherine E. Snow
8. Classroom practices for vocabulary enhancement in prekindergarten : lessons from PAVEd for success / Paula J. Schwanenflugel, Claire E. Hamilton, Barbara A. Bradley, Hilary P. Ruston, Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett and M. Adelaida Restrepo
9. Strategies for teaching middle-grade students to use word-part and context clues to expand reading vocabulary / James F. Baumann, George Font, Elizabeth Carr Edwards and Eileen Boland
10. Choosing words to teach / Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown and Linda Kucan
11. Size and sequence in vocabulary development : implications for choosing words for primary grade vocabulary instruction / Andrew Biemiller
12. In pursuit of an effective, efficient vocabulary curriculum for elementary students / Elfrieda H. Hiebert.
