"Activating prior knowledge is something that we do naturally as adult readers, as mature readers. We always relate what we're reading to something we know. As a matter of fact when we read we really have to think about those connections. Sometimes students don’t access their background knowledge because they never think that it's important or if they don’t have the background knowledge the teacher doesn’t have an opportunity to really build that background knowledge" (Clewell, 2012). Show
Definition/Description: Activating Prior Knowledge is important in students understanding, because it allows them and helps make connections to the new information. By using what students already know, it helps the
teacher assist students with the learning process because it give him/her an idea of what students know and what they still need to learn. It is simply to use background knowledge to make understanding of what the text mean. According to schema theory, as students learn about the world, they develop a schema and are allowed to make connections to many other things. Piaget’s schema theory make activating prior knowledge before reading essential, because according to his research when we can
connect something “old” to something new it helps us better understand the new. As students are reading they are able to access their schema and make understand of the text and use their experiences. When students and teachers applied schema theory to reading comprehension readers constantly connect their background knowledge to the new knowledge in a text to help them make sense of the reading (Gunning, 2012). For struggling reader this strategy will allow them to make connections to what
they already know about prior experiences or material. It will help them be prepared in understanding new content, because they will be thinking about how to use their prior knowledge to understand new information (Miller Veatch, 2011). Activating prior knowledge not only helps students make connections, but it helps them become engaged as well!
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Lesson Example:The lesson below demonstrate how students can use more than just information, but they can also use their prior experience, such as sense, to help understand a book, topic, or lesson. This would help struggling readers, because even though our students might have different needs, language, and levels, they all, for the most have have some sense. Some students might not have all, such as a student might have a visual or hearing problem, but they should be able to relate something else about the topic, such as taste or touch. This lesson example demonstrates how this strategy is one way that can be used for struggling readers to apply their past experiences and their sense to understand a complicated text, story, topic, or lesson (Into the book, 2015).
 Additional Links for: Information, Lessons, and Material References: Gunning, T. G. (2012). Creating literacy instruction for all children in grades pre-K to 4. 2nd Edition. Boston: A and B. Into the book: Reading Resources (2015). Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Retrieved from http://reading.ecb.org/ Stec, M., (2014).Prior knowledge (Schema) Anchor Char). [imagine]. Retrieved from 2015.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/182184747401665335/ Wayne Township HOSTS (n.d). [Chart with definition and use before and during reading]. Retrieved from Why is connecting to prior learning important?Prior knowledge has long been considered the most important factor influencing learning and student achievement. The amount and quality of prior knowledge positively influence both knowledge acquisition and the capacity to apply higher-order cognitive problem-solving skills.
Why is it important to help your students make connections between new social studies concepts and their prior knowledge?Activating prior knowledge not only helps students make connections, but it helps them become engaged as well! Purpose: To help them make connections of prior knowledge and apply it into the new material. This helps students understanding what they are reading.
Why is it important to consider prior knowledge before you teach a concept?Assessing students' prior knowledge allows an instructor to focus and adapt their teaching plan. For students, it helps them to construct connections between old and new knowledge.
Why is there is a need to find out the prior knowledge of the students before you start the teaching/learning process?It is important for teachers to activate their students' prior knowledge so they know what students already know about a certain topic and what gaps in learning they will need to fill in order for students to be successful. It helps them to understand the reason why the students are struggling.
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