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Hattan, Courtney; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to: (a) examine the frequency of prior knowledge (PK) activation in elementary classrooms while students were engaged with text, (b) investigate the relevance of students' responses to teacher prompts, (c) explore the nature of teachers' and students' prior knowledge activation utterances, and (d) investigate…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Elementary School Students, Classroom Communication, Prompting
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Davis, Dennis S.; Neitzel, Carin – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study describes the sense-making behaviors of sixth- and seventh-grade students (n = 46 dyads) as they read and discussed expository articles in print and digital formats. Most dyads approached the digital text as if it were static and linear, despite the availability of hyperlinks. Reading through (or covering) the text was the most commonly…
Descriptors: Intervals, Reading Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Prior Learning