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Gettin’ Your Schema On Prior knowledge of something is called schema . Schema provides links for newer, incoming information, making it easier to remember. Activating schema is a good pre-learning strategy because it improves comprehension, makes learning more meaningful, and fires up your brain’s dendrites, axons and synapses to link to new information. 1. Your teacher just assigned a book called The Pearl . Other than the fact it was written by a guy named John Steinbeck, you know nothing about it. How can you build a schema for The Pearl? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Your teacher wants you to read one chapter of The Pearl each night. What techniques can you use to activate your schema of the characters and prior events in the book? PRODUCT PREVIEW _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Kelly’s algebra class just started a new chapter. Her teacher said this chapter builds on the concepts and formulas students learned in the prior chapter. What techniques can Kelly use to test her prior knowledge of concepts and ideas before moving on to the new chapter? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. By the time Katie gets home from softball practice and starts her science homework, she can’t remember much of what she learned in class that day. What techniques can she use to activate his schema of the day’s science lesson? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Emilio’s science teacher is totally into innovation and invention. She wants students to write an essay comparing the twentieth century tech revolution with the Industrial Revolution. Emilio studied the Industrial Revolution in history. How can his prior knowledge of history help him with his science essay? What techniques
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