Building prior knowledge and vocabulary in science in the intermediate grades: Creating hooks for learning

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Rupley, William H ^a   Slough, Scott ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informational text; Intermediate grades; Prior knowledge; Reading; Science texts; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949327444     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070902780472     Document Type: Article

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