Background knowledge : the missing piece of the comprehension puzzle /
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey.
- viii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Missing Piece of the Comprehension Puzzle -- Placing Background Knowledge in Daily Teaching -- Teacher as Archaeologist: Assessing Background Knowledge -- Activating What Students Know: Teaching That Unearths and Upends Students' Understandings -- Quickening the Pace of Students' Background Knowledge Acquisition -- Critical Literacy: Helping Students Get Beyond the Sift-and-Surf Mode to Deep Synthesis of Texts -- New Literacies, Old Standards for Excellence -- Building and Activating Background Knowledge Is Our Job. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
0325026556 9780325026558
2009016165
Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Middle school) Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Secondary) Content area reading.