Ch 1

According to research by Gambrell, Wilson, and Gantt (1981) and Nation (2001), students make the most progress when they are reading materials in which they know ________ percent of the words.

95 to 98

What does the sentence ʺWe eated our lunchʺ spoken by a young child indicate about learning language?

Learning language is a constructive process.

According to Pressley, Allington, Wharton-McDonald, Block, & Morrow, what is the most outstanding characteristic of highly effective teachers?

They believe their students can learn and act accordingly.

What is the main difference between Piaget's and Vygotsky's approach to learning?

Vygotsky stressed the importance of guidance from more knowledgeable others.

Which of the following teacher questions best incorporates a New Criticism approach?

What impact does the author's word choice have on the poem?

Which of the following practices would most likely lead to an aesthetic response?

asking students if anything in a story reminded them of something that happened to them

The ultimate goal of the Every Student Succeeds Act is to have all students

become college and career ready.

How well are today's elementary and middle school students reading?

better than in past years

The true test of reading is whether a student can

construct meaning from text and answer questions about what was read.

Which of the following is an example of a behavioral approach?

giving students a choice of prizes when they are able to answer 80 percent of the comprehension questions at their level

Which processor does this activity neglect? The teacher has the students read a series of pseudo words: riz, bup, crine, wumle. She explains that this will give them good practice in using their phonics skills, since they will not have seen these fake words anywhere.

meaning

According to Todd Risley, the most important thing parents can do to develop their childrenʹs verbal intelligence is to

talk to them.

Which of the following is a top-down approach to reading?

teaching phonics after children have learned to read a number of words

Which of the following is the best example of a teaching technique that is functional and contextual?

teaching the /s/ sound of c just before students read about Cynthia who spends 50 cents in the city

What is the zone of proximal development (ZDP)?

the difference between what a student can do on his or her own and what the student can do with help