CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Strategies include pointing to upcoming lessons, providing lesson or lecture roadmaps, inviting reflective writing, and active learning activities like concept maps or case studies. Hampshire College provides a helpful list of other activities for engaging student prior knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -New learning is constructed on prior knowledge. The more we understand about what students already think, and the more we help them engage their prior understandings, the more likely they are to learn well – and the less likely they are to misinterpret the material in our courses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Students may be prone to misunderstand new material or even ignore new ideas altogether if they don’t connect with their existing schemata. Misconceptions can be a more challenging hurdle than insufficient knowledge because students are often resistant to correction and reorientation (Taylor & Kowalski, 2014).