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Connecting New & Old Ideas

Look for connections between new ideas and things you already know — how does this fit with what I've learned before?

Suggested ages 7–8

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Evidence of understanding

  • elaborative encoding
  • schema theory (Bartlett, Rumelhart)

Assessment prompt

When Connecting New & Old Ideas learns something new, do they ever say things like 'oh, that's like...' and connect it to something they already knew?

Standards alignment

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