Transcript AVID Benefits to AP Students - John C. Fremont High School

Schemata: Have You Got It?
• People “construct” meaning in their
life based on their store of memories:
everything they have ever
1. sensed
2. experienced
3. learned
Schemata: Have You Got It?
• Schema = HOW people organize and
store information in their heads. It
reflects
1. experiences
2. attitudes
3. values
4. conceptual understanding
5. skills & strategies
that readers bring to a text situation
Schemata: Have You Got It?
• The knowledge we draw on and
continue to revise and build as we read
falls into several overlapping
categories:
1. World Knowlege
2. Text Knowledge
3. Discipline Knowledge
4. Language Knowledge
Schemata: Have You Got It?
• Schema provides mental shortcuts to
help us absorb the bombardment of
stimuli from a complex world.
Schemata: How it Functions
Schema functions in 3 ways:
1. Gives a framework to understand reading
and fill in gaps
2. Helps readers organize text information and
REMEMBER what’s been read
3. Helps readers elaborate information
involving deeper levels of insight, memory
judgement and evaluation.
Schemata: Have You Got It?
1. Read the passage and fill in the
blanks with words that make
sense to you.
2. Answer the questions using
sentences.
3. Get in pairs and read passages
to each other.
4. Find out if any groups have the
exact same wording.
5. Share your responses in pairs.
6. Have a class discussion on what
strategies students have when
dealing with a science text.
Read & Fill in Missing Words
The questions that p ________ face as they
raise c______ from in________ to adult life are
not easy to a_____. Both f______, and
m________ can become concerned when
health problems such as co________ arise any
time after the e__ stage to later life. Experts
recommend that young c_______ should have
plenty of s ______ and nutritious food for
healthy growth. B______ and g____ should not
share the same b ______ or even sleep in the
same r____. They may be afraid of the dark.
Adapted from Madeline Hunter
Read & Fill in Missing Words
The questions that poultrymen face as they
raise chickens from incubation to adult life are
not easy to answer. Both farmers, and
merchants can become concerned when health
problems such as coccidiosis arise any time
after the egg stage to later life. Experts
recommend that young chickens should have
plenty of sunshine and nutritious food for
healthy growth. Banties and geese should not
share the same barnyard or even sleep in the
same roost. They may be afraid of the dark.
Adapted from Madeline Hunter
Reflecting on Schemata
Answer in complete sentences and get
ready to share your work
1. How did you decide what the passage was
about?
2. Did the passage make sense to you?
3. Do you think there may be an alternative way to
fill in the blanks?
4. Listen carefully to the original passage.
5. What are your thoughts and reactions?
6. When reading your book, what problems do you
have with the text?
7. Do you use any reading strategies that help you
understand the text? What are they?
Effects of Verbal Labels
Implications for Science
• Comprehension of text increases
dramatically if we teach students to
address graphics and pictures FIRST
before reading.
Read the following example and score
your comprehension from
1 (I don’t understand ANYTHING to
5 (I understand completely)
The Balloon Passage
If the balloons popped, the sound would not be able to
carry since everything would be too far away from the
correct floor. A closed window would also prevent the
sound from carrying since most buildings tend to be well
insulated. Since the whole operation depends on a steady
flow of electricity, a break in the middle of the wire would
also cause problems. Of course the fellow could shout,
but the human voice is not loud enough to carry that far.
An additional problem is that a string could break on the
instrument. Then there could be no accompaniment to the
message. It is clear that the best situation would involve
less distance. Then there would be fewer potential
problems. With face to face contact, the least number of
things could go wrong.
(From Bransford and Johnson, 1972).
• How is your
comprehension
NOW???
Developed by
Anne F. Maben
Science Coach
UCLA Science Project
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