Title:
Building background knowledge for academic achievement : research on what works in schools
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Summary:
Explains how teachers can combine sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary terms to help students overcome deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper the academic achievements of many students.
Year Published:
2004
Physical Description:
219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
The importance of background knowledge -- Six principles for building an indirect approach -- Tapping the power of wide reading and language experience -- Building academic background knowledge through direct vocabulary instruction -- Six steps to effective vocabulary instruction -- Defining an academic vocabulary -- Setting up a schoolwide or districtwide program -- Technical notes -- Vocabulary -- Mathematics terms -- Science terms -- English language arts terms -- History -- General history terms -- U.s. history terms -- World history terms -- Geography terms -- Civics terms -- Economics terms -- Health terms -- Physical education terms -- The arts -- Arts general terms -- Dance terms -- Music terms -- Theater terms -- Visual arts terms -- Technology terms.
Program Information:
Professional
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ISBN:
9780871209726
Publisher:
Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2004.
