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By Lewis Carroll on Poemhunter.com. Mentioned in Using Context Clues in Vocabulary Learning discussion in the Comity Club pedagogy circle.

Website for the movie. Mentioned in Using Context Clues in Vocabulary Learning.

By Tom Bissonette in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Commentary, August 14, 2011. The author brings attention to the fact that many students enter college with a variety of developmental issues and that these are not properly addressed. Faculty members are often lacking pedagogical education and knowledge of human development. The author argues for assessment of incoming students in several areas, including academic ability, social skills, study skills, vocabulary, general knowledge, work history, and community involvement. Results of these assessments would be used to identify appropriate support. The author believes that the concept of retention is misguided. When faculty and administration partner with students on the front end, the odds decrease that students will be unable to persist.

J.E.C. mentioned article in Summer 2011 Coffee Klatch

A website, developed by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary, devoted to saving words that are rarely used and therefore risk losing a place in the dictionary.