Background knowledge helps students
understand what they read
5) Background knowledge about word
sounds (called phonemes) helps
students make sense of what they
hear and read.
6) Background vocabulary knowledge
helps students make sense of longer
sentences.
7) Students with more, better organized
background knowledge understand
what they read better.
8) Background knowledge helps
students understand maps, graphs,
and other graphics.
9) Background knowledge helps
students read for meaning, which
helps get information into memory.
10) Students read faster, understand
more, and draw more logical
conclusions in familiar subject areas.
11) Background knowledge gives adult
literacy students a basis for
understanding much more
sophisticated reading materials than
children at the same grade reading
level.
Background knowledge helps students
think better and do better at solving
problems
12) Background knowledge helps
students know what to notice in a
problem.
13) Background knowledge is stored in
mental models that affect what we
see and hear.
14) Students answer questions more
logically in areas where they have
background knowledge.
15) Background knowledge about types
of problems helps students solve
problems.
16) However, background knowledge
that includes misconceptions can get
in the way of learning.
17) Having background knowledge
allows students learn from
analogies.
18) Background knowledge helps
students understand metaphors and
figurative language.
19) A lot of background knowledge is
specific to different topic areas so
students need to get background in
many subjects.
20) Students can transfer knowledge
better from one subject to another
when they have a good
understanding of the subject they
are transferring from.
Background knowledge affects students�
use of strategies
21) Background knowledge helps
students learn strategies, because
they must have something to use the
strategies on.
22) New knowledge forces students to
learn new strategies.
Background knowledge helps students
know what to notice
23) Experts have more subject
knowledge than beginners, which
helps them notice patterns.
24) Background knowledge helps
students see what is important in a
situation and what is trivial.
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