Activating Background Knowledge: Strategies for Beginning and Poor Readers (In the Classroom).

Richards, Janet Clarke; Gipe, Joan P.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Activating Background Knowledge: Strategies for Beginning and Poor Readers (In the Classroom).

Richards, Janet Clarke; Gipe, Joan P.

Reading Teacher, v45 n6 p474-76 Feb 1992

Describes two strategies (Yes/No...Why? and It Reminds Me Of...) that provide young or poor readers with the prerequisite background knowledge for interpreting a passage. States that these strategies can be used with all types of reading materials and can also be used with nonreaders. (MG)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Prior Learning, Reading Readiness, Remedial Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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