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Rethinking Schools with Doug Lemov

Lost Debate

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The Impact of Background Knowledge on Reading Comprehension

This chapter explores a study that reveals the crucial role of background knowledge in reading comprehension, using baseball as a practical example. It challenges the notion that inference-making can be taught without considering content knowledge, highlighting differences in performance based on familiarity with the subject matter.

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