Building Background Knowledge

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Sep 2014 English Publisher:WileyJournal:The Reading Teacher, volume 68, pages 145-148 (issn: 0034-0561, eissn: 1936-2714,

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Authors: Susan B. Neuman; Tanya Kaefer; Ashley Pinkham;

doi: 10.1002/trtr.1314

Building Background Knowledge

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AbstractThis article make a case for the importance of background knowledge in children's comprehension. It suggests that differences in background knowledge may account for differences in understanding text for low‐ and middle‐income children. It then describes strategies for building background knowledge in the age of common core standards.

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