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Prior Knowledge Activation

Prior Knowledge Activation is a pedagogical strategy within lesson planning that refers to the systematic process of identifying and engaging learners’ existing cognitive schemas to facilitate the integration of new information.

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Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller, Richard E. Clark · Educational Psychologist · 2006 · 6.7K citations · Full text

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Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension.

Marlene Schommer · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1990 · 2.1K citations

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Knowledge activation: Accessibility, applicability, and salience.

E. Tory Higgins · 1996 · 1.9K citations

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Implicit learning and tacit knowledge.

Arthur S. Reber · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1989 · 1.6K citations

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Cognitive Conceptions of Learning

Thomas J. Shuell · Review of Educational Research · 1986 · 1K citations

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Authors

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  1. GL
    Gregory L. Murphy

    New York University, United States

    7 publications · 373 citations

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  2. EW
    Eileen Wood

    Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

    5 publications · 689 citations

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  3. HG
    Henk G. Schmidt

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Courtney Hattan

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 155 citations

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  5. AR
    Alexander Renkl

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    5 publications · 754 citations

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Institutions

436

  1. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    736 citations

  5. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    806 citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    7.7K citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    772 citations

  8. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    3.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    29 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. Memory & Cognition

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Computers & Education

    11 publications · 446 citations

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  5. Journal of Experimental Psychology

    11 publications · 573 citations

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