Abstract: Reading comprehension remains a significant challenge for many Kenyan learners despite ongoing curriculum reforms. Under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), emphasis is placed on learner-centered pedagogy, with particular attention to activating prior knowledge as a foundation for meaning-making. This study investigates the implementation and effectiveness of schema-activating pre-reading tasks—such as brainstorming, KWL charts, picture analysis, prediction, and inference—in enhancing Grade 6 learners’ reading comprehension. Grounded......
Keywords: CBC (Competency-Based Curriculum), Learner-centered pedagogy, Pre-reading tasks, Reading comprehension, Schema Theory, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Teacher practices
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