WGU Literacy Matters Chapter 1 Practice
Questions 2026
Organizing Principle - ANSWER ✔✨---~effective teachers show students how to think, learn, and
communicate with all kinds of texts
Frame of Mind - ANSWER ✔✨---~What is the difference between content and process knowledge?
~What are the characteristics of effective teaching?
~How do the Common Core State Standards affect literacy and learning in content areas?
~Why is differentiated instruction an important aspect of content literacy and learning?
~What are new literacies, and how are they changing they way we think about learning and literacy in
the 21st century?
~What is adolescent literacy and why is it important to 21st century society?
~How are content literacy and disciplinary literacy alike? How are they different?
~What comprehension strategies are critical to reading? What role does prior knowledge play in
comprehension?
Effective Teaching in Content Areas - ANSWER ✔✨---~Content and Process (what to teach and
how to teach
Content and Process - ANSWER ✔✨---~what the instruction is and how to teach the content in
ways that develop important ideas and concepts in an intellectually challenging instructional
environment
, Balancing Content and Process - ANSWER ✔✨---~know the standards for your content area and
grade level
~make instructional decisions based on authentic assessments throughout the school year
~integrate content literacy practices and strategies into instructional planswer and units of study
~content literacy
Content Literacy - ANSWER ✔✨---~the ability to use reading, writing, talking, listening and viewing
to learn subject matter in a given discipline
Summary of Effective Teacher Characteristics - ANSWER ✔✨---~teacher quality
~strong general intelligence and verbal ability that he;p teaches organize and explain ideas as well as
observe and think diagnostically strong content knowledge
~knowledge of how to teach others
~an understanding of learners and their learning and development
~adaptive expertise that allows teachers to make judgement about what it is like to work in a given
context in response to student needs
Teacher Quality - ANSWER ✔✨---~the traits, understandings, and characteristics an effective
teacher brings to instruction
Ten Principles of Practice Associated with Quality Teaching - ANSWER ✔✨---1. Principle of Praxis
2. Principle of Purpose
3. Principle of Serendipity
4. Principle of Exploration
5. Principle of Reflection
6. Principle of Community
7. Principle of Service
8. Principle of Flexibility
9. Principle of Caring
Questions 2026
Organizing Principle - ANSWER ✔✨---~effective teachers show students how to think, learn, and
communicate with all kinds of texts
Frame of Mind - ANSWER ✔✨---~What is the difference between content and process knowledge?
~What are the characteristics of effective teaching?
~How do the Common Core State Standards affect literacy and learning in content areas?
~Why is differentiated instruction an important aspect of content literacy and learning?
~What are new literacies, and how are they changing they way we think about learning and literacy in
the 21st century?
~What is adolescent literacy and why is it important to 21st century society?
~How are content literacy and disciplinary literacy alike? How are they different?
~What comprehension strategies are critical to reading? What role does prior knowledge play in
comprehension?
Effective Teaching in Content Areas - ANSWER ✔✨---~Content and Process (what to teach and
how to teach
Content and Process - ANSWER ✔✨---~what the instruction is and how to teach the content in
ways that develop important ideas and concepts in an intellectually challenging instructional
environment
, Balancing Content and Process - ANSWER ✔✨---~know the standards for your content area and
grade level
~make instructional decisions based on authentic assessments throughout the school year
~integrate content literacy practices and strategies into instructional planswer and units of study
~content literacy
Content Literacy - ANSWER ✔✨---~the ability to use reading, writing, talking, listening and viewing
to learn subject matter in a given discipline
Summary of Effective Teacher Characteristics - ANSWER ✔✨---~teacher quality
~strong general intelligence and verbal ability that he;p teaches organize and explain ideas as well as
observe and think diagnostically strong content knowledge
~knowledge of how to teach others
~an understanding of learners and their learning and development
~adaptive expertise that allows teachers to make judgement about what it is like to work in a given
context in response to student needs
Teacher Quality - ANSWER ✔✨---~the traits, understandings, and characteristics an effective
teacher brings to instruction
Ten Principles of Practice Associated with Quality Teaching - ANSWER ✔✨---1. Principle of Praxis
2. Principle of Purpose
3. Principle of Serendipity
4. Principle of Exploration
5. Principle of Reflection
6. Principle of Community
7. Principle of Service
8. Principle of Flexibility
9. Principle of Caring
