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Building Background Knowledge
Dr. Benjamin LesterAssistant Professor of TESOL
Kennesaw State University
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Objectives
Content Objective: TWBT…identify and explain the key characteristics of an indirect approach to developing background knowledge.
Language Objective: TWBT…compare what they currently do to access/develop background knowledge in their students with the indirect approach to developing background knowledge and write a plan to better access/develop background knowledge in their students.
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Activity: Gallery Walk with KWL
What do we already KNOW about the importance of background knowledge and how we access it?
What do we WANT to learn about building background knowledge in our students?
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Background on Background
What an individual already knows about a topic
Acquire background knowledge through 1) ability to process and store information and 2) the number and frequency of our academically oriented experiences Fluid intelligence Crystalized intelligence
The role schools play Direct approaches Indirect approaches
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Academic Achievement at Three Levels of Academic Background Knowledge
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Academic back-ground knowledgeAcademic achievment
Data from Marzano (2004)
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6 Principles for Building an Indirect Approach
1. Knowledge is stored in bi-modal packets
2. Storing experiences in permanent memory
3. Contextualizing knowledge
4. Surface-level background knowledge
5. Manifestations through vocabulary knowledge
6. Virtual experiences for enhancement
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Storing Knowledge in Bi-Modal Packets
Linguistic descriptions as memory packets Information stored as propositions in networks Shift from episodic memory to semantic memory Memory packets begin as specific information about
specific learning episodes but become more generalized over time
Non-linguistic descriptions as memory packets Dual Coding Theory (DCT) Images, emotions, smells, tastes, touch, and movement
What does this mean for instruction?
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Permanent Memory
Memory typically thought of as long term and short term. However, most current research suggests that there is one type of memory, and it has different functions.
Three functions of memory: sensory memory, working memory, and permanent memory (4 x 2) + Depth + Elaboration = BK
Permanent Memory
Working Memory
Sensory Memory
seat of consciousness
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Knowledge is…Multidimensional and Contextual
Cultural literacy
Every student has background knowledge, but it varies
What does this mean for instruction? Culturally congruent/responsive teaching practices
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Surface-level Knowledge is Useful
Goal should be to develop a surface-level understanding of the target information
Creates schema to anchor new learning
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Manifestation through Vocabulary
Background knowledge has labels associated with it Singular terms (eagle) General terms (bird)
Teaching vocabulary is synonymous with teaching background knowledge
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Utilizing Virtual Experiences
Generating academically oriented experiences through Reading Language Interaction Television/Multimedia
“Anything that creates representations in working memory is a potential source of background knowledge.” – Marzano (2004)
“Reading provides windows on other worlds and experiences, windows that become virtual experiences as we read. These virtual experiences are then added to children’s knowledge of the world. This increase in knowledge, in turn, increases the possibilities for responding to the world…Reading extensively…increases students’ storehouse of experience.” – Galda and Cullinan (2003)
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The Indirect Approach for Developing Background Knowledge
Characteristics Goal of installing background knowledge in permanent
memory Facilitate the storage of information in permanent memory
and ensure multiple exposures to target information Focus on the development of surface-level but accurate
knowledge across a broad spectrum of subject areas Focus instructional techniques on linguistic and non-
linguistic aspects of background knowledge Focus on developing label for memory packets of
experiential knowledge in the tradition of direct vocabulary instruction
Utilize virtual experiences in working memory through wide reading, language interaction, and educational visual media
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Instructional Purpose
According to the SIOP Model… Linking concepts to students’ backgrounds Linking past learning and new learning Developing key vocabulary (i.e., academic
language)
How do you do this in your classroom?
Using the aforementioned characteristics, how can you better construct an indirect approach to developing background knowledge in your students?
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Summarizing Activity: Gallery Walk with KWL
What did we LEARN about building background knowledge?