prerequisite knowledge

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the knowledge necessary to make good sense of an new idea or concept that is to be learnt (for example, it would not be possble to fully understand the new concept 'transition element' unless one already had an 'element concept'

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.