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Research - Activating background knowledge
"Integrating new information with prior knowledge lies at the heart of metacognition and comprehension."

Pressley, M. 2000. What should comprehension instruction be the instruction of? In M. Kamil,

     P. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, R. Barr (Eds.). Handbook of Reading Research, Vol Ill: 545-561. NJ:

     Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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