Text III

Students connect what they learn to what they already know, interpreting incoming information, and even sensory perception, through the lens of their existing knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions (Vygotsky, 1978; National Research Council, 2000). In fact, there is widespread agreement among researchers that students must connect new knowledge to previous knowledge in order to learn (Bransford & Johnson, 1972; Resnick, 1983). However, the extent to which students are able to draw on prior knowledge to effectively construct new knowledge depends on the nature of their prior knowledge, as well as the instructor' s ability to harness it.

How Does Studenis' Prior Knowledge Aff ect Their Leaming?.

Available at https://www.colorado.edu/ftep/sites/

default/files/attached-files/ftep_memo_to_faculty_88_0.pdf.

Access: January 9, 2020.

O principal objetivo do Texto III é: