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What does the strategy of activating and using background knowledge require readers to do?
What does the strategy of activating and using background knowledge require readers to do?
- Ignore their background knowledge
- Memorize the text for better comprehension
- Activate their background knowledge and use it to understand what they are reading (correct)
- Rely solely on the text for understanding
What does a person's background knowledge consist of?
What does a person's background knowledge consist of?
- Concepts for how written text works only
- Experiences with the world, concepts for how written text works, including word identification, print concepts, word meaning, and how text is organized (correct)
- Experiences with the world only
- Experiences with the world, word identification, and word meaning
What has research established about readers' background knowledge?
What has research established about readers' background knowledge?
- It hinders comprehension
- It is important for comprehension (correct)
- It is irrelevant for reading
- It has no impact on comprehension
What is the range of comprehension strategies identified by researchers?
What is the range of comprehension strategies identified by researchers?
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Which strategies have been shown to be especially helpful and lend themselves particularly well to instruction?
Which strategies have been shown to be especially helpful and lend themselves particularly well to instruction?
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