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Opening a class session with a discussion on the fundamentals of your upcoming topic can help students explore and bring to the forefront of their consciousness information they have that will be needed later in the session. Explaining how the new material will fit into the context of the known will help your students develop strategies for processing the new information. When needed, covering the new material in small steps to help your students build or scaffold a knowledge base will support the new learning. As the new information is being delivered, let the students have some thinking time. Lead a discussion on what the new information means to each student and how they would apply it. Finally, assign homework that will let your students work with the new information, first in a context that is well known and understood, then on to more challenging applications.