Examining Background Knowledge and Text Comprehension.

Langer, Judith A.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Examining Background Knowledge and Text Comprehension.

Langer, Judith A.

Reading Research Quarterly, v19 n4 p468-81 Sum 1984

Using sixth-grade students, a study examines (1) relationships between background knowledge and passage comprehension, (2) relative usefulness of certain variations in measuring available knowledge, (3) value of a background measure as applied to a teacher-directed small group prereading language and concept organizer activity, and (4) effect of a prereading activity on text-specific background knowledge and on comprehension. (HOD)

Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition)

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