Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
In Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Robert J. Marzano shows how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary terms--can help overcome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper the achievement of many children.\ Readers will learn\ * The principles that underlie an effective sustained silent reading program\ * A five-step process for using sustained silent reading to enhance...
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1. The Importance of Background Knowledge2. Six Principles for Building an Indirect Approach3. Tapping the Power of Wide Reading and Language Experience4. Building Academic Background Knowledge Through Direct Vocabulary Instruction5. Six Steps to Effective Vocabulary Instruction6. Defining an Academic Vocabulary7. Setting Up a Schoolwide or Districtwide ProgramTechnical NotesVocabularyMathematics TermsScience TermsEnglish Language Arts TermsHistoryGeneral History TermsU.S. History TermsWorld History TermsGeography TermsCivics TermsEconomics TermsHealth TermsPhysical Education TermsThe ArtsArts General TermsDance TermsMusic TermsTheater TermsVisual Arts TermsTechnology TermsReferencesIndexAbout the Author
