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Note - How Knowledge Helps

1) The more background knowledge a person has, the easier it is for them to learn new information. Prior knowledge helps with comprehension by allowing people to make inferences and connections between new concepts and what they already know. 2) Background knowledge improves thinking and problem solving abilities. It allows people to chunk and categorize new information more efficiently, freeing up working memory resources. This enhances comprehension, recall, and the ability to solve new problems. 3) Research shows that interventions aimed at building students' domain-specific knowledge are effective for improving problem-solving skills, as prior knowledge helps people focus on the underlying structure of problems rather than surface-level features.

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Note - How Knowledge Helps

1) The more background knowledge a person has, the easier it is for them to learn new information. Prior knowledge helps with comprehension by allowing people to make inferences and connections between new concepts and what they already know. 2) Background knowledge improves thinking and problem solving abilities. It allows people to chunk and categorize new information more efficiently, freeing up working memory resources. This enhances comprehension, recall, and the ability to solve new problems. 3) Research shows that interventions aimed at building students' domain-specific knowledge are effective for improving problem-solving skills, as prior knowledge helps people focus on the underlying structure of problems rather than surface-level features.

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I.

How Knowledge Brings More Knowledge

The more you know, the easier it will be for you to learn new things.

A. How Knowledge Helps You Take in New Information

1. Comprehension relies on background knowledge to fill in gaps and make

correct inferences.

2. Knowledge aids the acquisition of more knowledge lies in the greater

power it affords in making correct inferences.

3. Connections between concepts in the text and prior knowledge are made

automatically.

4. A person with rich general knowledge rarely has to interrupt reading in

order to consciously search for connections.

5. Rich associations facilitate automatic connections during reading,

reducing the need for conscious search and interruptions.

6. Background knowledge makes one a better reader in two ways:

a) There is a greater probability that you will have the knowledge to

successfully make the necessary inferences to understand a text.

b) Rich background knowledge means that you will rarely need to

reread a text in an effort to consciously search for connections in

the text

B. How Knowledge Helps You Think about New Information

1. Working memory serves as the stage for thinking and processing new

information.
2. It has a limited capacity, allowing for the maintenance of only a certain

amount of information at a time.

3. The ability to chunk and its reliance on background knowledge makes

people better able to briefly remember a list of items.

4. Students with higher domain-specific knowledge can chunk information

more efficiently, leading to better comprehension and recall.

5. The combination of background knowledge, chunking, and working

memory facilitates efficient thinking and processing of new information.

C. How Knowledge Helps You Remember New Information

1. Knowledge also helps in remembering information.

2. In the study, subjects with greater prior basketball knowledge

demonstrated higher retention of new basketball-related knowledge, even

when exposed to similar amounts of information.

3. Remembering information on a familiar topic is easier because it can be

linked to pre-existing networks.

4. All students will learn more if they have greater background knowledge.

II. How Knowledge Improves Thinking

A. How Knowledge Helps You Solve Problems

1. Lack of sufficient background knowledge can consume working memory,

leaving little space for considering solutions.

2. The problem solver with background knowledge in a particular domain

sees problems in her domain.


3. Chunking familiar patterns, concepts, or procedures allows problem

solvers to streamline their thinking process.

4. Students with greater background knowledge can recognize and apply

chunked knowledge more efficiently, enhancing their problem-solving

abilities.

B. How Knowledge Helps You Circumvent Thinking

1. Recalling information from memory is faster and less demanding than

solving new problems.

2. Whereas novices focus on the surface features of a problem, those with

more knowledge focus on the underlying structure of a problem.

3. Research in science education shows that interventions aimed at

improving students' knowledge base are more successful in enhancing

problem-solving skills.

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