Schema Theory
DEFINITION:
Schema is one's knowledge based on prior learning and experience.
How can teachers activate & build students' schema?
Teachers can ask display and referential questions
Teachers can ask
closed and open questions
Recommended Online Articles about Schema Theory
Helping ESL Students Become Better Readers: Schema Theory Applications and Limitations by Nigel Scott, Internet TESOL Journal
Schema Theory of Learning, LinguaLinks
What is Reading?, The University of Arizona, College of Humanities
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