Domain Knowledge In Reading

A bourdieusian analysis the idea that discrete forms of knowledge and language distinguish one disciplinary domain e g mathematics from another e g science and systematically affect a person s understanding of a particular content area is not new hirst 1974.

Domain knowledge in reading. A study examined whether the reading comprehension of students with rich domain specific knowledge will be better than that of students without it and whether assessed general skills will be correlated significantly with reading comprehension performance for students without specific knowledge but negligible for the students with much specific knowledge. The more intervention emphasizes the role of domain knowledge and reading engagement in supporting reading comprehension. More lessons included a 10 day thematic unit that provided a framework for students to connect new learning to a meaningful schema i e arctic animal survival and to pursue mastery goals for acquiring domain knowledge.

Content area reading pedagogy 3 domain knowledge and content area reading pedagogy. However while good writing was sufficient to improve the reproduction of the texts an analysis of the recall elaborations subjects made revealed that the correctness of their elaborations depended strongly on the availability of appropriate domain knowledge.