Edu 415 Strategypresentation
Edu 415 Strategypresentation
Edu 415 Strategypresentation
MODEL
A Strategy for Activating Prior Knowledge
◦ Fundamentally a kind of graphic organizer
◦ Focus on vocabulary
◦ Helps students figure out, or more fully
What Is It? understand, the meaning of a word while
independently reading, reading along
with, or listening to a text
◦ Before, during, and after strategy
History and Philosophy
◦ Dorothy Frayer and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin developed the model in
1969 (n2y.com)
◦ Goal: to provide students with an effective way to analyze words (n2y.com)
◦ “Word learning requires multiple exposures to the word within meaningful contexts.”
(Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)
How It Works
Select Select a word in advance