When students are reading something new, teachers often try to get them to draw on their prior knowledge to help them understand the text in front of them. Doing this can help kids make sense of ideas ...
Our students have a great deal of background knowledge that teachers need to activate so that they can learn new content. And students need to be provided with additional background knowledge so that ...
The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded a team of scientists at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) a prestigious grant to determine why having prior knowledge on a topic ...