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role_of_background_knowledge [2021/02/22 20:19] jgmac1106role_of_background_knowledge [2021/02/22 20:20] (current) – [Vocabulary and Background Knowledge] jgmac1106
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 The strong effect that background knowledge has on reading comprehension is one of the most stable findings in all of cognitive psychology (Paris & Stahl, 2005). Even early reading researchers from Gates (1931), Huey (1908), and Gray (1939) noted the relationship between background knowledge and reading. The strong effect that background knowledge has on reading comprehension is one of the most stable findings in all of cognitive psychology (Paris & Stahl, 2005). Even early reading researchers from Gates (1931), Huey (1908), and Gray (1939) noted the relationship between background knowledge and reading.
  
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 ===== What Do Good Readers Do With Background Knowledge ===== ===== What Do Good Readers Do With Background Knowledge =====
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