Activating Prior Knowledge and Building Background

READY SET GO WHOA

What do I know? What new information do I What new information do I What questions do I still have?
think I will gather? have?

- activating prior knowledge
can help students retain new
information better because
they can make connections
between old and new
information.
-you should be a curator not a
dumper.
-students feel more motivated
when they relate new
information to their personal
lives.
-the best ways to go about
building on prior background
knowledge.
-The benefits on building on
prior background knowledge.
-all learning is interpretive
-we try to make connections
between new information to
prior information we have
learned.
-helps with inferences, helps
students retention.
-if you give students some
background knowledge they
will more likely retain the new
information better.
-when is the appropriate time
to have students share prior
knowledge vs when it’s not
beneficial?
-if we were to just tell students
the topic they are going to
reading rather than activating
prior knowledge, how do we
know that all students will
understand to the same
degree than if we talked about
prior knowledge beforehand.

-tell students the topic they are

going to read about so that
they understand the material
better.

-Prior knowledge can be

overwhelming to students. If
their prior knowledge rejects
the reading they may reject the
text. (should be kept brief)