Vocabulary Accelerator, Defined Mind

• Students retain new vocabulary by encountering new words multiple times per chapter, fostering student success as each chapter progresses.

• Student work text provides instruction that can be customized for independent instruction, as a supplement to classroom work, or as part of group study.

• 12-track audio CD features songs from multiple musical genres—from hip-hop to alternative. Such as "Hot", "Supergirl", and "Shine".  To listen to more select Preview Print Products on the left.
  

• The Teacher’s Guide offers engaging and highly effective activities—for individuals, pairs, and groups—for every song featured in the student worktext.

• Winner, 2006 Golden Lamp Award, Best Educational Book.

Student Worktext
Provides students with extensive practice using each vocabulary word

• 12 chapters with exercises that correspond to the Audio CD
• Final review chapter & compiled dictionary
• 315 key vocabulary words taught
• Includes Audio CD

Audio CD
Includes 12 songs by independent recording artists from multiple music genres.  Each song includes 20-40 advanced words which correspond to each lesson.  Sample music such as,  "Hot", "Supergirl", and "Shine".  Multiple musical genres include:

• Hip Hop
• Alternative
• Rap
• Rock & Roll
• And more

Teacher Guide
Offers Full support for each chapter in the student worktext including suggestions for group and independent activities

Vocabulary Accelerator leverages music's universal appeal, while using lyrical and musical contexts to increase understanding and recognition of key words. A broad body of behavorial research and statistical evidence strongly supports the concept that music aids long-term memory and serves as a powerful device to aid mnemonic retention:

• Music can dramatically enhance retention by creating long-lasting relationships between pieces of information, especially if the material is entertaining to the audience.
• Unlike numbers, words don't have inherent relationships between them, so comprehension is typically difficult to teach. Retention is usually best achieved by repeated contextual usage.

Regardless of whether students are entering kindergarten or completing a Ph.D., they naturally need to learn new words in order to provide a cognitive foundation for the ongoing assimilation of additional information.

Over the past century, there has been considerable scientific research conducted to establish the impact of music on cognition and memory, and it has been widely affirmed that music significantly enhances retention.

Download the Research Summary.

Table of Contents - Student Edition

Table of Contents - Teacher Edition

Students Acquire Critical Skills
In 8 weeks, raised average reading test scores from 40% to 85% in sample of 150 students Goose Creek High School, South Carolina. 

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