Element 8: Previewing New Content

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DQ2: Helping Students Interact with New Knowledge

Focus Statement: The teacher engages students in previewing activities that require students to access prior knowledge and analyze new content.

Desired Effect: Students make a link from what they know to what is about to be learned: activating prior knowledge.

Previewing allows students to create crucial links between new and prior knowledge. Some of the strategies associated with this element include:

A .PDF of Previewing activities is available for download at the bottom of this page.

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