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Zakaluk, Beverley L.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1986
Since prior knowledge is positively linked with reading comprehension, methods of measuring prior knowledge are important. A word association test is a useful technique for evaluating topic familiarity and enables the teacher to make decisions about how much additional information is needed for students to process a text successfully. (SRT)
Descriptors: Association Measures, Associative Learning, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
Perry, Sally-Anne – 2000
A practitioner's model of the processes of learning and knowing was developed through a review of global, societal, individual, and personal perspectives on learning. The first phase of the model's development consisted of using a method of exploration based on determining who, what, where, when, why, and how to investigate the following 10…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Associative Learning