EDRD 400 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Harris and Hodges (1995) - ANSWERS✔-literacy is applied in a social context to
enable a person to function effectively in his or her group and community
\.continuum of skills - ANSWERS✔-literacy:reading, writing, speaking, listening,
viewing, visually representing, and critical thinking
\.constructivist model of learning - ANSWERS✔-lev vygotsky, belief that students
must actively build their own understandings of all literacy activities, all learning is
a social and psychological process that takes place over time
\.Learning is social in nature - ANSWERS✔-lev vygotsky, zone of proximal
development, teacher helps student get to where they need to be
\.the most neglected language art - ANSWERS✔-listening, not much instruction
focused directly on this
\.elements of a comprehensive literacy curriculum - ANSWERS✔-direct, explicit
comprehension instruction, much reading and writing, rich diversity of texts,
ongoing assessment, instructional principles embedded in content reading,
collaborative learning, visual learning, word identification and vocabulary studies,
technology, tutoring
, \.the creation of two new language arts - ANSWERS✔-viewing and visually
representing, added with the digital revolution
\.two approaches to teaching reading/ literacy - ANSWERS✔-1. balanced and
comprehensive: the teacher's role is to empower by providing instruction and
questions that focus attention decoding, understanding text, this approach creates
independent readers
2. traditional/ skills based: teacher supplies short term help, specific text,
\.affective and cognitive components of a literacy program - ANSWERS✔-
engagement, transmission and transaction, explanations and examples,
application, guided practice, and personal response, respect for each students'
culture and background
\.transmission - ANSWERS✔-direct, explicit instruction
\.transaction - ANSWERS✔-bringing out what students are thinking, what they are
reading and writing
\.Fielding and Pearson (1994) - ANSWERS✔-reading comprehension, what works,
a reading instruction program
\.NICHD - ANSWERS✔-Eunice Kennedy shriver national institute of child health an
development, a national focus on literacy, supports effective literacy instruction
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Harris and Hodges (1995) - ANSWERS✔-literacy is applied in a social context to
enable a person to function effectively in his or her group and community
\.continuum of skills - ANSWERS✔-literacy:reading, writing, speaking, listening,
viewing, visually representing, and critical thinking
\.constructivist model of learning - ANSWERS✔-lev vygotsky, belief that students
must actively build their own understandings of all literacy activities, all learning is
a social and psychological process that takes place over time
\.Learning is social in nature - ANSWERS✔-lev vygotsky, zone of proximal
development, teacher helps student get to where they need to be
\.the most neglected language art - ANSWERS✔-listening, not much instruction
focused directly on this
\.elements of a comprehensive literacy curriculum - ANSWERS✔-direct, explicit
comprehension instruction, much reading and writing, rich diversity of texts,
ongoing assessment, instructional principles embedded in content reading,
collaborative learning, visual learning, word identification and vocabulary studies,
technology, tutoring
, \.the creation of two new language arts - ANSWERS✔-viewing and visually
representing, added with the digital revolution
\.two approaches to teaching reading/ literacy - ANSWERS✔-1. balanced and
comprehensive: the teacher's role is to empower by providing instruction and
questions that focus attention decoding, understanding text, this approach creates
independent readers
2. traditional/ skills based: teacher supplies short term help, specific text,
\.affective and cognitive components of a literacy program - ANSWERS✔-
engagement, transmission and transaction, explanations and examples,
application, guided practice, and personal response, respect for each students'
culture and background
\.transmission - ANSWERS✔-direct, explicit instruction
\.transaction - ANSWERS✔-bringing out what students are thinking, what they are
reading and writing
\.Fielding and Pearson (1994) - ANSWERS✔-reading comprehension, what works,
a reading instruction program
\.NICHD - ANSWERS✔-Eunice Kennedy shriver national institute of child health an
development, a national focus on literacy, supports effective literacy instruction
