MTLE Pedagogy Secondary (Grades 5-12) Practice Questions - MTLE Pedagogy Secondary (Grades 5-12) Tests 209 And 210 Exam

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A teacher activates students' prior knowledge with a brief discussion before introducing a new unit. Which principle of learning best explains why this practice improves comprehension and retention?

New information is more meaningful and memorable when learners connect it to existing schemas Prior knowledge interferes with new learning and should be suppressed Retention depends only on the number of times material is repeated Learning occurs only when content is entirely unfamiliar to students

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New information is more meaningful and memorable when learners connect it to existing schemas

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