Mr. George was surprised to learn that a student who he anticipated would need an explicit definition of the word "ascends" during his science lesson already knew the correct definition. The best explanation for why the student knew the definition is the student's schema. Which best describes the impact of schema on understanding unknown words?
Answer
A. Schema helps students break down words into word parts and use their understanding of units of meaning within a word to help them define the whole word.
B. Schema allows the students to memorize words seen in previous texts.
C. Schema allows students to guess the word's meaning based on other words in the sentence, such as "surface."
D. Schema allows connections and representations of complex ideas to be made through exposure to a range of texts that build knowledge of the topic.