WGU C909 – Elementary Reading Methods & Interventions (Revised) Study Guide 2026-03-02
WGU C909 – Elementary
Reading Methods &
Interventions (Revised)
Study Guide
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1. Constructivism (Learning Philosophies):
-Constructivism emphasizes the idea that comprehending a text is very much an active process. -
Constructivism holds that the meaning one constructs from a text is subjective—the result of one
particular person's processing of the text.
2. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading-Teaching Methods (Learning Philosophies):
-Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing knowledge, as well as enabling
them to make the appropriate modifications to their existing intellectual framework to accommodate
that information.
-Jean Piaget and William Perry
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3. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading (Learning Philosophies):
-Emphasizes that reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what she
reads.
-The reader makes connections between ideas and then integrates these understandings with prior
knowledge
-Ex: Because of Winn-Dixie,-the inference comes from her knowledge that people who have things
in common often become friends and from her active processing of the text.
4. Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies):
-Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out from the reader and the text into the
larger social realm.
-Learning is viewed as primarily a social rather than an individual matter.
-Lev Vygotsky
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5. Steps of Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies):
-First, the social and cultural backgrounds of students have a huge and undeniable effect on their
learning.
-Second, because learning is quintessentially social, much learning—particularly the best and most
lasting learning—will take place as groups of learners work together.
-Third, the classroom, the school, and the various communities of students in a classroom are social
contexts that have strong influences on what is or is not learned in the classroom, and each of them
must be carefully considered in planning and carrying out instruction.
6. Schema (Learning Philosophies):
-Theory that is concerned with knowledge, particularly with the way knowledge is represented in
our minds, how we use that knowledge, and how it expands.
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WGU C909 – Elementary
Reading Methods &
Interventions (Revised)
Study Guide
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Guidehttps://www.stuvia.com/dashboard!@_)#*)(@$)($@*($@)($@*_ 1 WGU C909 – Elementary Reading Methods & Interventions (Revised) Study Guide.pdf
,WGU-C909_ Elementary Reading Methods and Interventions (Revised) 2026-03-02
1. Constructivism (Learning Philosophies):
-Constructivism emphasizes the idea that comprehending a text is very much an active process. -
Constructivism holds that the meaning one constructs from a text is subjective—the result of one
particular person's processing of the text.
2. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading-Teaching Methods (Learning Philosophies):
-Aim to assist students in assimilating new information to existing knowledge, as well as enabling
them to make the appropriate modifications to their existing intellectual framework to accommodate
that information.
-Jean Piaget and William Perry
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3. Cognitive-Constructivist View of Reading (Learning Philosophies):
-Emphasizes that reading is a process in which the reader actively searches for meaning in what she
reads.
-The reader makes connections between ideas and then integrates these understandings with prior
knowledge
-Ex: Because of Winn-Dixie,-the inference comes from her knowledge that people who have things
in common often become friends and from her active processing of the text.
4. Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies):
-Extends the influence on the cognitive-constructivist view out from the reader and the text into the
larger social realm.
-Learning is viewed as primarily a social rather than an individual matter.
-Lev Vygotsky
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5. Steps of Sociocultural Theory (Learning Philosophies):
-First, the social and cultural backgrounds of students have a huge and undeniable effect on their
learning.
-Second, because learning is quintessentially social, much learning—particularly the best and most
lasting learning—will take place as groups of learners work together.
-Third, the classroom, the school, and the various communities of students in a classroom are social
contexts that have strong influences on what is or is not learned in the classroom, and each of them
must be carefully considered in planning and carrying out instruction.
6. Schema (Learning Philosophies):
-Theory that is concerned with knowledge, particularly with the way knowledge is represented in
our minds, how we use that knowledge, and how it expands.
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