Deck 1: Forming a Personal Philosophy About Literacy Assessment and Intervention

Question 1

Theorists who focus on readers being able to accommodate and assimilate information as they read include:

A) Vygotsky
B) Maslow
C) Freire
D) Piaget
E) All of the above

Answer 1

Vygotsky

Question 2

Which theory states that readers formulate new knowledge by building connections between information and background knowledge?

A) Zone of proximal development
B) Constructivist theory
C) Critical literacy
D) Hierarchy of human needs
E) None of the above

Answer 2

Constructivist theory

Question 3

Which of the following theorists developed the theory of the zone of proximal development?

A) Vygotsky
B) Piaget
C) Maslow
D) Feire
E) None of the above

Answer 3

Vygotsky

Question 4

Psychologists suggest that all humans have a wide variety of needs; which of the following is the most basic?

A) Self-actualization
B) Respect
C) Safety
D) Physiological
E) Love

Question 5

What do advocates of critical literacy focus on?

A) Fluency
B) Comprehension
C) Digital text
D) Sociopolitical issues
E) Vocabulary building

Question 6

Of the various reading models discussed in Chapter 1, what does the part-to-whole model focus on?

A) Literature
B) Skills and phonics
C) Expository reading
D) Digital text
E) Writing

Question 7

Teachers using the part-to-whole model would stress __________.

A) Sight words
B) Phonograms
C) Word families
D) Digraphs
E) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is the reading approach that integrates skills with literature-based reading?

A) Comprehensive approach
B) Linguistic approach
C) Phonics approach
D) Rime approach
E) All of the above

Question 9

Order the stages of English language development from least developed to most developed, according to the classification of Otaiba and Pappamihiel (2005).

A) Early production stage, silent stage, intermediate fluency language stage, productive language stage.
B) Silent stage, intermediate fluency language stage, early production stage, productive language stage.
C) Silent stage, early production stage, productive language stage, intermediate fluency language stage.
D) Intermediate fluency language stage, productive language stage, silent stage, early production stage.
E) Intermediate fluency language stage, early production stage, productive language stage, silent stagE)

Question 10

Which of the following is the act that establishes Title I monies?

A) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1966
B) No Child Left Behind Act
C) The National Reading Panel Act
D) The America Reads Challenge Act
E) The Response to Intervention Act

Question 11

The Individuals with Disability Education Act 2004 (IDEA) requires districts to use a _________________________ method to identify students who need special services.

Question 12

The learning theory that states that students make sense of new learning situations by linking what they know with what they are learning is called the __________ theory.

Question 13

__________ is the learning theory that states that students construct meaning and validate new information and processes through interaction with someone who already knows the information and processes.

Question 14

According to Abraham Maslow, the basic needs of humans, beginning with the most basic, are: __________, __________, __________, __________, and __________.

Question 15

The reading model that includes an emphasis on phonics and linguistics is the __________.

Question 16

Understanding words that are specific to a particular subject is called _________-____________ vocabulary.

Question 17

Discuss the various experiences that impact a teacher's philosophy of teaching reading and writing. Discuss what experiences will have an impact on your own philosophy.

Question 18

Name and explain the four learning theories discussed in this chapter. How do these theories relate to literacy instruction and assessment?

Question 19

Name and discuss the two reading models discussed in this chapter. As part of your discussion, include an explanation of the analytical phonics approach, the synthetic phonics approach, the linguistic approach, onset and rime, sight word approach, and shared book experience. Explain which model you prefer at this time and give reasons for your stance.

Question 20

Explain what it means to do a "close reading."

Question 21

Explain the difference between domain-specific vocabulary and academic vocabulary.