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Peer reviewedLanger, Judith A. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Explains how a teacher can prepare students to read content area material by helping them bring prior knowledge about a topic to memory. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Prior Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Download full textLanger, Judith A.; Purcell-Gates, Victoria – 1984
Noting that many prereading discussions lead teachers to "mis-estimate" students' prior knowledge about a particular topic, this paper describes the Pre-Reading Plan (PReP) designed to help both students and teachers become aware of what students already know about a specific topic. Following an introduction, the first portion of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Langer, Judith A. – 1982
A study examined (1) relationships between background knowledge and reading passage comprehension, (2) the reliability of a passage-specific background knowledge measure used as the knowledge criterion, (3) the effect of a prereading language and concept organizer activity on available background knowledge, and (4) the effect of that prereading…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Prior Learning
