10-second review: What is the role of prior knowledge in successful reading? “In the online environment, it is equally important that the reader or searcher consciously activate her or his prior knowledge.”
Source: A Kymes. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (March 2005), 494. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).
Comment: The more you know about a topic, the more you will comprehend what you read about it. One of the easily forgotten pieces of instruction when assigning reading is to remind students to think about what they already know about the topic and what questions they might have.
In class, I would have students brainstorm what they know before they read for about five minutes. Then I would have them read the title, the sub-title, the first paragraph, last paragraph and the first sentence of every middle paragraph. Finally, I would ask them what questions they have and the answers to these questions would become the purpose for reading. If the article does not answer all the questions the students have, I would have them try to find the answers on the Internet. RayS.
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