Using Schema Theory

Schema theory is an explanation of how readers use prior knowledge to comprehend and learn from text (Rumelhart, 1980).  Mastery level teaching requires planning.  Implementation of Schema Theory is a way to provide beneficial learning experiences for all students.  Activating prior knowledge and frontloading any necessary knowledge is essential in creating a successful lesson. 

Literacy and Schema Theory
Students need to learn in concrete ways to form knowledge they will need to later see things more abstractly.  Some reading strategies that can be used for the schema theory are the Language Experience Approach and items like K-W-L charts.  Presenting unknown materials and establishing a schema will help children to see that print carries meaning when using the LEA approach. 
Using a K-W-L chart or other graphic organizer helps students to put into words what they know, what they want to know, and then what they have learned.  Building on what students know helps increase comprehension and enables students to process new information and to apply it into other situations. 

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