Instructional benefits
-activates students’ prior knowledge and sets purposes for learning
-increases comprehension
-assesses students’ prior knowledge
-identifies misconceptions about a topic
-encourages students to think about resources and strategies for gathering information
-stimulates interest in a topic
Before, During , After…Anytime
-before a lesson or unit to activate prior knowledge and set perposes for learning
-during instruction as a way of organizing new information and relating it previously known information
-after learning to record new information
-after learning to brainstorm additional questions for later study