Background knowledge : the missing piece of the comprehension puzzle /

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Author / Creator:	Fisher, Douglas, 1965-
Imprint:	Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2009.
Description:	viii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Middle school) Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Content area reading. Content area reading. Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Middle school) Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8007551

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Other authors / contributors:	Frey, Nancy, 1959-
ISBN:	9780325026558 (alk. paper) 0325026556 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Chapter 1. The Missing Piece of the Comprehension Puzzle
Chapter 2. Placing Background Knowledge in Daily Teaching
Chapter 3. Teacher as Archaeologist: Assessing Background Knowledge
Chapter 4. Activating What Students Know: Teaching That Unearths and Upends Students' Understandings
Chapter 5. Quickening the Pace of Students' Background Knowledge Acquisition
Chapter 6. Critical Literacy: Helping Students Get Beyond the Sift-and-Surf Mode to Deep Synthesis of Texts
Chapter 7. New Literacies, Old Standards for Excellence
Chapter 8. Building and Activating Background Knowledge Is Our Job
A Study Guide for Background Knowledge
References
Index

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