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Publication Date: 1998
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Prior Knowledge Activation: Inducing Engagement with Informational Texts.
Spires, Hiller A.; Donley, Jan
Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n2 p249-60 Jun 1998
Ninth graders (n=30 and n=39) who learned to use a prior knowledge activation (PKA) strategy consistently outperformed students in a main-idea strategy treatment group (n=25 and n=43) and those in a no-instruction control group (n=24 and n=44) on application-level questions but not on literal-level questions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Grade 9, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies, Performance Factors, Prior Learning
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