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Building background knowledge for academic achievement : research on what works in schools / Robert J. Marzano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marzano, Robert J., Author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- School supervision--United States.
- School supervision.
- Silent reading--United States.
- Silent reading.
- Vocabulary--Study and teaching.
- Vocabulary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004.
- Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explains why insufficient background knowledge is a chronic cause of low achievement, and describes how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary--can help rescue low achievers and boost the academic performance of all students.
- Contents:
- The importance of background knowledge
- Six principles for building an indirect approach
- Tapping the power of wide reading and language experience
- Building academic background knowledge through direct vocabulary instruction
- Six steps to effective vocabulary instruction
- Defining an academic vocabulary
- Setting up a schoolwide or districtwide program
- Technical notes
- Vocabulary
- Mathematics terms
- Science terms
- English language arts terms
- History
- General history terms
- U.s. history terms
- World history terms
- Geography terms
- Civics terms
- Economics terms
- Health terms
- Physical education terms
- The arts
- Arts general terms
- Dance terms
- Music terms
- Theater terms
- Visual arts terms
- Technology terms.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786610933198
- 9781416615804
- 1416615806
- 9781280933196
- 1280933194
- 9781416602828
- 1416602828
- 9781416600558
- 1416600558
- OCLC:
- 527382917
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