Ep. 139: Why Knowledge Matters for Comprehension with Daniel Willingham and Barbara Davidson
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Building Knowledge in the English Language Arts Block
Barbara: We've identified six curricula that we believe do a particularly strong job of building this background knowledge in LA. What distinguishes them I mean first and foremost it's their focus on content, she says. Barbara: Why shouldn't students be learning to apply the skills that they're learning as a part of their instruction to text?
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