Ep 229: Building Background Knowledge
New Teacher Talk welcomes Dr. Virginia (Ginny) Shank, an assistant professor of reading and former elementary classroom teacher and reading specialist, for a conversation about one of the most overlooked drivers of student learning: background knowledge. Hosted by Dr. Beth Wilkins and Dr. Anna Quinzio-Zafran, this episode connects the research to three concrete strategies you can use across grade levels and subjects.
Dr. Shank grounds the discussion in Scarborough's Reading Rope, where background knowledge is the very first strand of language comprehension and, in her view, one of the most…
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