The PAVE Procedure (Bannon, Fisher, Pozzi, & Wessel, 1990) was developed to encourage students to check the dictionary definition against the context in which the word appeared.  It also helps students remember word meanings by associating the word with a visual image.  PAVE stands for the four parts of the procedure - prediction, association, verification, and evaluation.  Students should predict the meaning of the word based on the context clues, associate the word with a mental image, verify the word's meaning by consulting a dictionary, then evaluate the prediction they made.  While this procedure seems time-consuming, students report that it helps them remember the words better.

PAVE Map

Websites on the PAVE Procedure:

History Strategies: The Pave Procedure - PDF

http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat/references/pdf/vo4.pdf

PAVE

http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/home/references/additional-reading-strategies/pave.html