Determining core Background
The information is foundational to understanding the main concept.
What is representation?
Small groups rotate between chart paper with pictures, write what comes to mind, and connect their ideas to that new concept.
What is Linking Language?
You start a lesson with this.
What is activating prior knowledge?
The information requires multiple exposures.
What is transmission?
Students categorize and manipulate words or phrases according to a criteria they pick or the teacher picks.
What are Word Sorts?
You build concepts and schema in this part of your lesson.
What is building background knowledge?
The information will be required to understand future concepts.
What is transferability?
Students create a web or map that is used to develop schema.
What is semantic mapping, or concept definition map?
You introduce important vocabulary words needed to understand text.
What is building background knowledge?
Extensive knowledge is not relevant to the content being studied.
What is incidental knowledge?
Pairs of students co-write a phrase or sentence about a picture to demonstrate meaning before reading. After reading, they revise their original thinking.
What is Caption Writing?
Affirms that a student's prior experiences in life are valuable.
What is activating prior knowledge?
Extensive knowledge is not necessarily relevant to the content being studied.
What is incidental knowledge?
Students take guided notes before, during, and after viewing a demonstration or informational segment.
What is a Guided Video with closed captioning?
Informs the teacher what students already know.
What is activating prior knowledge?