Vocabulary Scavenger Hunts: A Scheme for Schema Development.

Cunningham, Patricia; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ287978

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Publication Date: 1983

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Vocabulary Scavenger Hunts: A Scheme for Schema Development.

Cunningham, Patricia; And Others

Reading Horizons, v24 n1 p44-50 Fall 1983

Describes an instructional procedure based on the findings of schema research and illustrating the truth that the more students know about a subject, the better they can comprehend what they read about that subject. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Schemata (Cognition), Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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