The Vocabulary LINCing Routine

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The VocabularyLINCing Routine

• The Content Enhancement Series
• Center For Research on Learning
• University of Kansas

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Section 1 of the LINCS Table
The TERM An important word that all students are
expected to understand and remember.
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Section 2 of the LINCS Table
THE DEFINITION A brief statement of the terms
definition.
Can underline most important parts
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Section 3 of the LINCS Table
THE REMINDING WORD A word that sounds similiar
to the new term.
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A Good REMINDING WORD always

• Sounds like part or all of the new word.
• Is a real word.
• Has a meaning that you already know.
• Helps you remember what the new word means.

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An Effective Reminding Word

• EXAMPLES
• NEW WORD EXAMPLE
• shivaree shiver
• paramecium parachute
• crinoline crinkle

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An Effective Reminding Word

• EXAMPLES
• NEW WORD EXAMPLE
• flourite floor
• marsupium opium
• fief chief
• serf servant
• paraffin pairs of fins

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An Effective Reminding Word

• NONEXAMPLES
• NEW WORD NONEXAMPLE
• shivaree celebration
• paramecium parapuse
• crinoline crinium

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Section 4 of the LINCS Table
THE LINCing STORY A phrase or sentence that
connects- or LINCS- the definition of the new
term to the Reminding Word
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A Good LINCing Story always.

• Includes the Reminding Word or some form of the
  Reminding Word
• LINCs the Reminding Word to the meaning of the
  new word
• Is short and simple

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An Effective LINCing Story

• EXAMPLES
• FLOURITE a purple mineral used to make steel
  hard.
• Reminding Word FLOOR.
• LINCing Story My knee turned purple when it hit
  the hard, steel floor. (Story helps you think of
  steel and the color purple.)

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An Effective LINCing Story

• NONEXAMPLES
• FLOURITE a purple mineral used to make steel
  hard.
• Reminding Word FLOOR.
• LINCing Story The floor was messy. (Story does
  not help you think of steel or the color purple.)

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An Effective LINCing Story

• EXAMPLES
• DECREE to make a decision and force it on
  others.
• Reminding Word DECIDE.
• LINCing Story The dictator decided to force
  everyone to pay higher taxes. (Story helps you
  think of a decision being forced on others.)

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An Effective LINCing Story

• NONEXAMPLES
• DECREE to make a decision and force it on
  others.
• Reminding Word DECIDE.
• LINCing Story He decided to go to town. (Story
  does not help you think of forcing a decision on
  others.)

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An Effective LINCing Story

• EXAMPLES
• SHIVAREE a noisy song sung to a newly married
  couple.
• Reminding Word SHIVER.
• LINCing Story The married couple shivered when
  the guests sang the shivaree outside their
  window. (Story reminds you of both a song and of
  a married couple.)

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An Effective LINCing Story

• NONEXAMPLES
• SHIVAREE a noisy song sung to a newly married
  couple.
• Reminding Word SHIVER.
• LINCing Story They shivered. (Story does not
  help you think about a song or of a married
  couple.)

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Section 5 of the LINCS Table
THE LINCing PICTURE A memory device that
provides a visual LINC for the new term.
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A Good LINCing Picture always...

• Contains a part related to the Reminding Word.
• Contains parts related to the important ideas in
  the definition.
• Helps you remember the new terms definition.

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An Effective Lincing Story
Example Term Palisades Definition A line of
steep cliffs that rise along a river or
ocean Reminding Word pal Lincing Story My
pal, Joe,dove from the cliff into the ocean.
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Chain Analogy
Different pieces of knowledge are linked
together like a chain.
Many times, if you can remember the information
in one of the links in a chain, you will
remember information in many of the other links.
When you apply the LINCS Strategy to a word you
need to remember, you create a strong chain
between the word and its meaning.
The stronger the links between
pieces of information, the easier you
can remember them. The weaker the links, the
more difficulty you'll have remembering them.
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The LINCS Memory Chain
Definition
LINCing Story
Image
Reminding Word

• Word

Using the LINCS Strategy transforms a
potentially weak link between a word and its
definition into a chain of very strong links.
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Creating Lincs Flash Cards

• On the front side of the note card, write the
  word at the top and the linking word below it.

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Creating Lincs Flash Cards

• On the back side of the note card, write the
  definition at the top portion, the LINCing story
  or words behind the reminding word, and then draw
  the LINCing picture on the bottom right corner.

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An Overview of the LINCS Strategy

• Step 1 List the word and definition
• Step 2 Identify a Reminding Word
• Step 3 Note a LINCing Story
• Step 4 Create a LINCing Picture
• Step 5 Self-test

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