Hundreds of carcases of dead sheep have been disposed of in a landfill site near Chesterfield without the prior knowledge of the local council. |
What we know about how an informational text is structured or built is part of our schema, or prior knowledge. |
The end notes are impressively detailed but the text assumes a readership with some prior knowledge of aeronautics. |
Hilliard describes educators who respect prior knowledge and engage in critical analysis, who treat their children as scholars. |
Research has since confirmed the importance of prior knowledge to reading comprehension across a wide variety of situations. |
For the most part none of the articles require prior knowledge of comix past or present, though they may require some patience. |