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Direct linkHattan, Courtney; Alexander, Patricia A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The purpose of the current mixed-methods study was to investigate the effectiveness of a traditional and novel knowledge activation technique for supporting fifth and sixth graders' comprehension of exposition covering unfamiliar content. For the quantitative portion, 149 rural middle-school students were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions:…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Rural Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Elbro, Carsten; Buch-Iversen, Ida – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2013
Failure to "activate" relevant, existing background knowledge may be a cause of poor reading comprehension. This failure may cause particular problems with inferences that depend heavily on prior knowledge. Conversely, teaching how to use background knowledge in the context of gap-filling inferences could improve reading comprehension in…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Inferences, Teaching Methods
