Knowledge building is an innovative pedagogy aiming to transform students into expertlike knowledge workers. The purpose of this study was to foster teacher-education students’ design performance (i.e ...

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The more children know about a subject, the easier they’ll find it to read and understand a passage about that topic. It’s a simple idea that’s backed up by research: Studies have shown that students ...

Building knowledge beginning in kindergarten can eliminate test-score gaps between lower- and higher-income students, according to a new study. Building students’ general knowledge can lead to ...