How We Learn Vocabulary Mrs. Starbuck LINCS STRATEGY How We Learn Vocabulary Mrs. Starbuck

The Research Dr. Edwin Ellis, 1992 University of Kansas Institute for Research of Learning Disabilities Developed for students with LD Initial research group scored at a mean of 53% on a pretest and a mean of 77% after learning the strategy (p<.02) Memory shown to increase as much as 30% when using a learning strategy

An Overview of the LINCS Strategy Step 1: List the parts: word and definition Step 2: Identify a Reminding Word that sounds like the vocabulary word Step 3: Note a LINCing Sentence that includes the reminding word and part of the definition Step 4: Create a LINCing Picture about the sentence Step 5: Self-test!

Creating LINCS Study Cards 1. Take an index card and divide it in half by folding the card. The Challenge

Creating LINCS Study Cards 2. Write the word to be learned on the top half of one side. dynamic The Challenge

Creating LINCS Study Cards 3. Write the parts of the definition you need to remember on the top of the other side. A character who changes dynamic The Challenge

Creating LINCS Study Cards 4. Write the Reminding Word on the bottom half of the first side. A character who changes dynamic The Challenge dynamite

Creating LINCS Study Cards 5. Write the LINCing Sentence on the bottom half of the second side. A character who changes dynamic The Challenge The blast of dynamite changed the look of the building. dynamite

Creating LINCS Study Cards 6. Draw the LINCing Picture on the bottom half of the second side. A character who changes dynamic The Challenge The dynamite changed the look of the building dynamite

Thanks to: Jim Knight University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning