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Building background knowledge for academic achievement : research on what works in schools /
Explains why insufficient background knowledge is a chronic cause of low achievement, and describes how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary--can help rescue low achievers and boost the academic performance of a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Alexandria, VA :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Gale virtual reference library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.