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Building background knowledge

Dr. James Kim discusses the importance of building background knowledge.

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James S. Kim

Dr. James Kim is a Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on literacy interventions designed to improve reading and writing of upper elementary, middle, and high school students. In this interview, Kim talks about how to keep the “learning faucet” on during the summer, how summer reading builds background knowledge, and the power of dialogic read alouds.

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